Newspaper/Magazine Article

Hospital mistakes kept secret.

October 3, 2017

Judd A. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 20, 2011.

View more articles from the same authors.

Discussing a case of patient suicide, this news article explores the lack of transparency around patient safety incidents in the state of Georgia.

Free full text

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

The harm in pharmacy misfills.

September 30, 2009

Unprotected: broken promises in Georgia’s senior care industry.

October 23, 2019

Hospital safety: your responsibility or theirs?

December 4, 2016

Dispensing Errors.

December 16, 2020

Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care.

November 16, 2016

National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report.

November 30, 2023

Preventing the tragedy of misdiagnosis.

December 13, 2006

The malpractice mess.

March 29, 2010

Delivering results.

April 6, 2011

Physician accused of reusing devices has license suspended.

September 1, 2011

Related Resources

Few hospitals are willing to bear the cost of providing psychiatric care for kids.

March 22, 2023

Developing and aligning a safety event taxonomy for inpatient psychiatry.

July 13, 2022

Broken, fragmented health-care system failed daughter who died by suicide.

March 25, 2020

Their kids died on the psych ward. They were far from alone, a Times investigation found.

December 18, 2019

"Saying sorry": some strategies for effective apology within the workplace.

March 3, 2019

Medication-administration errors in an urban mental health hospital: a direct observation study.

September 27, 2017

Day passes for vulnerable patients of psychiatric hospitals can have dangerous, even fatal consequences.

June 21, 2017

Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions from mental health hospitals.

January 22, 2016

Emerging issues and challenges for improving patient safety in mental health: a qualitative analysis of expert perspectives.

June 13, 2012

Hospital infections hard to gauge.

April 28, 2010

See More About The Topic

Psychiatric Facilities

Patients

Mental Health Care (Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology)

Error Reporting and Analysis

Transparency and Accountability

Hospital mistakes kept secret.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Hospital mistakes kept secret.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Already have a PSNet

Account?

New Users