Newspaper/Magazine Article MGH halts a pediatric program: Heart surgeries on hold after errors. Citation Text: Kowalczyk L. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL April 29, 2009 Kowalczyk L. View more articles from the same authors. This newspaper article discusses one hospital's decision to temporarily close its pediatric cardiac surgery program following errors that caused serious complications for two infants. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Kowalczyk L. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Brigham and Women's airing medical mistakes. April 24, 2013 Surgical error at Tufts prompts widespread changes. September 10, 2014 Beth Israel cited for residents' long hours—facing review for accreditation. September 24, 2008 Hospitals try to calm doctors' outbursts: medical road rage affecting patient safety, group says. 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Hospitals try to calm doctors' outbursts: medical road rage affecting patient safety, group says. August 27, 2008
Seeking a safer surgery: some states crack down on doctors who perform unregulated outpatient procedures. August 5, 2009
Patient safety and health information technology conference: A newsmaker interview with Carolyn M. Clancy, MD. June 22, 2005
The cost of errors: Medicare's new policy could cost the average hospital $23,772: study. June 25, 2008
Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia. October 23, 2019
An Organisation with a Memory: Report of an Expert Group on Learning from Adverse Events in the NHS Chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. March 6, 2005
Patient safety and adverse maternal health outcomes: the missing social inequalities 'lens.' October 5, 2005
Implementing the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations on resident physician work hours, supervision, and safety. July 6, 2011
Unstoppable: this doctor has been investigated at every level of government. How is he still practicing? August 23, 2023
Crisis scenarios for simulation-based nontechnical skills training for cardiac surgery teams: a national survey among cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, clinical perfusionists, and cardiac operating room nurses. April 12, 2023
Transparency, public reporting, and a culture of change to quality and safety in cardiac surgery. November 9, 2022
Outcome differences between surgeons performing first and subsequent coronary artery bypass grafting procedures in a day: a retrospective comparative cohort study. June 29, 2022
Outcomes from Wake Up Safe, the pediatric anesthesia quality improvement initiative. February 3, 2021
Independent Mortality Review of Cardiac Surgery at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. April 15, 2020
Before mea culpa, Children’s was confident its air systems weren’t source of infection December 11, 2019
Cognitive engineering to improve patient safety and outcomes in cardiothoracic surgery December 4, 2019
Starting elective cardiac surgery after 3 pm does not impact patient morbidity, mortality, or hospital costs. November 6, 2019
Surgical safety checklists in children's surgery: surgeons' attitudes and review of the literature. February 6, 2019
Are we missing the near misses in the OR? Underreporting of safety incidents in pediatric surgery. April 11, 2018
Reporting of perioperative adverse events by pediatric anesthesiologists at a tertiary children's hospital: targeted interventions to increase the rate of reporting. October 11, 2017