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Patient Safety
Preventable medication errors kill 3,0 million people every year. 0,5 million are killed by drug abuse [70% being opioids]
World Patient Safety Day: Ensuring Medicines Are Properly Prescribed Health Policy WatchStefan Anderson16/09/2022 Site editor: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.health
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21 de dezembro de 2022
The U.S. loses up to 250 thousand lives/year, and $1 trillion (5% of GDP) in lost human potential — as a result of harm or death from preventable medical harm (2012 estimate)
As we enter into Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 13–19, 2022), we can reflect on the progress we
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21 de dezembro de 2022
Why health-care professionals are ill prepared to manage complex systems [that impact patient safety]?
Steven J. SpearSeptember, 2008 Site editor: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.Health Transformation — ReviewSeptember 19, 2022 (francishealth) This is a republication of
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19 de setembro de 2022
Fatal medical errors happens even at the best Hospitals — the case of Josie King and Ellen Roche @ Johns Hopkins [2001]
This is a republication of the article below, with the title above. An End to Error Fifteen years after
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18 de setembro de 2022
Medication harm accounts for 50% of the overall preventable harm in medical care, and costs US$ 42 billion
WHO calls for urgent action by countries for achieving “Medication Without Harm” WHO16 September 2022 Executive Summary by: Joaquim Cardoso
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16 de setembro de 2022
Rethinking Use Of Air-Safety Principles To Reduce Fatal Hospital Errors [full version & best practices]
Health AffairsAndy Pasztor, Adam AndersenAUGUST 26, 2022 Executive Summary by: Joaquim Cardoso MSc.transform health — institute for continuous transformationpatient safety unitAugust
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26 de agosto de 2022
