Newspaper/Magazine Article The new medical errors: how to protect yourself. Citation Text: Lunzer Kritz F. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL November 23, 2005 Lunzer Kritz F. This article reports on several medical technologies and procedures designed to enhance patient safety and provides suggestions on how consumer awareness can facilitate their safety. Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Lunzer Kritz F. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) How medical jargon can make COVID health disparities even worse. June 9, 2021 Kind World #42: The Patient. August 23, 2017 Experts offer smart tips for smart pumps. August 15, 2007 Laura Levis' death outside ER has changed hospital signage, lighting in Mass. May 10, 2023 Wounded care: failure at one Indian Health Service hospital reveals a system in crisis. December 14, 2016 Preventing errors with high-risk medications. August 28, 2019 Error reporting in organizations. October 18, 2006 IHI Skilled Nursing Facility Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events. January 27, 2016 Management of drug shortages in the perioperative setting. February 6, 2013 The analysis of hospital readmission rates after the implementation of hospital readmissions reduction program. April 13, 2022 Towards safer healthcare: qualitative insights from a process view of organisational learning from failure. August 25, 2021 How health care complexity leads to cooperation and affects the autonomy of health care professionals. February 6, 2008 Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient outcomes - falls, pressure injuries and medication administration errors: an integrative review. June 9, 2021 Is there a link between nursing home reported quality and COVID-19 cases? Evidence from California skilled nursing facilities. August 12, 2020 View More Related Resources Patients with low health literacy make more errors interpreting instructions and warnings. December 13, 2023 Patient Safety Primers Personal Health Literacy August 30, 2023 The impact of language barriers on patient care: a pharmacy perspective. May 24, 2023 Speak Up [brochures]. May 1, 2023 Her child was stillborn at 39 weeks. She blames a system that doesn’t always listen to mothers. November 30, 2022 How medical jargon can make COVID health disparities even worse. June 9, 2021 Pandemic imperiled non-English speakers more than others. May 5, 2021 Endometriosis affects 1 out of 10 women like me. Yet it often takes a decade to get diagnosed. April 14, 2021 5 pandemic mistakes we keep repeating. We can learn from our failures. March 17, 2021 7 ways to prevent medical errors. March 17, 2021 ‘No one is listening to us’. November 25, 2020 FDA advises health care professionals and patients about insulin pen packaging and dispensing. October 28, 2020 Without an 'ounce of empathy': their stories show the dangers of being Black and pregnant. September 23, 2020 Doctors turned my sister away; less than two years later she died of cervical cancer. September 9, 2020 Avoiding care during the pandemic could mean life or death. August 12, 2020 Sepsis Smart. October 30, 2019 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription medications. June 13, 2018 Communicating Clearly About Medicines: Proceedings of a Workshop. September 20, 2017 All consumer medication information is not created equal: implications for medication safety. April 19, 2017 Liquid medication errors and dosing tools: a randomized controlled experiment. October 5, 2016 Making health care safer. Think sepsis. Time matters. September 7, 2016 An acetaminophen icon helps reduce medication decision errors in an experimental setting. August 17, 2016 Health literacy and patient safety events. July 13, 2016 Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely. September 21, 2015 Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events. February 28, 2015 Risk of unintentional overdose with non-prescription acetaminophen products. June 20, 2012 Patients' attitudes towards patient involvement in safety interventions: results of two exploratory studies. February 1, 2012 Does your patient really understand? November 9, 2011 Can you read this drug label? August 3, 2011 Don't come back, hospitals say. June 22, 2011 View More See More About The Topic Patients Health Literacy Improvement
Wounded care: failure at one Indian Health Service hospital reveals a system in crisis. December 14, 2016
The analysis of hospital readmission rates after the implementation of hospital readmissions reduction program. April 13, 2022
Towards safer healthcare: qualitative insights from a process view of organisational learning from failure. August 25, 2021
How health care complexity leads to cooperation and affects the autonomy of health care professionals. February 6, 2008
Shift-to-shift nursing handover interventions associated with improved inpatient outcomes - falls, pressure injuries and medication administration errors: an integrative review. June 9, 2021
Is there a link between nursing home reported quality and COVID-19 cases? Evidence from California skilled nursing facilities. August 12, 2020
Patients with low health literacy make more errors interpreting instructions and warnings. December 13, 2023
Her child was stillborn at 39 weeks. She blames a system that doesn’t always listen to mothers. November 30, 2022
Endometriosis affects 1 out of 10 women like me. Yet it often takes a decade to get diagnosed. April 14, 2021
FDA advises health care professionals and patients about insulin pen packaging and dispensing. October 28, 2020
Without an 'ounce of empathy': their stories show the dangers of being Black and pregnant. September 23, 2020
Doctors turned my sister away; less than two years later she died of cervical cancer. September 9, 2020
All consumer medication information is not created equal: implications for medication safety. April 19, 2017
An acetaminophen icon helps reduce medication decision errors in an experimental setting. August 17, 2016
Patients' attitudes towards patient involvement in safety interventions: results of two exploratory studies. February 1, 2012