Newspaper/Magazine Article US drug shortages threatening those whose lives depend on crucial remedies. Citation Text: Stein R. Washington Post. May 2, 2011:A10. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL May 18, 2011 Stein R. Washington Post. May 2, 2011:A10. View more articles from the same authors. This newspaper article discusses the impact of drug shortages on patient safety. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Stein R. Washington Post. May 2, 2011:A10. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Get me out alive. May 17, 2006 Error rate greatest in hospital radiology. January 31, 2006 Rating hospitals by the stars: the feds' latest plan to measure quality is the most controversial. June 1, 2016 Misdiagnosis is more common than drug errors or wrong-site surgery. May 22, 2013 What a doctor may miss by reaching for the MRI first. 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Suicides point to gaps in treatment. Errors in psychiatric diagnoses and drugs plague strained immigration system. May 21, 2008
A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist. October 14, 2020
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Protect Patients Against Preventable Harm from Improper Use of Single-dose⁄Single-use Vials. May 16, 2012
Investigating the Prevalence and Causes of Prescribing Errors in General Practice: The PRACtICe Study. May 16, 2012
Hospital-error oversight called lax: state takes too long to investigate mistakes, patient advocates say. May 18, 2005
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Variation in the reporting of elective surgeries and its influence on patient safety indicators. July 6, 2022
A Call for Change: The 2011 Commonwealth Fund Survey of Public Views of the U.S. Health System. May 11, 2011
An objective framework for evaluating unrecognized bias in medical AI models predicting COVID-19 outcomes. June 1, 2022
New HHS Data Shows Major Strides Made in Patient Safety, Leading to Improved Care and Savings. May 21, 2014
VA Health Care: Selected Credentialing Requirements at Seven Medical Facilities Met, but an Aspect of Privileging Process Needs Improvement. July 5, 2006
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Infection Control Deficiencies Were Widespread and Persistent in Nursing Homes Prior to COVID-19 Pandemic. May 27, 2020
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Interim Report: Review of VHA's Patient Wait Times, Scheduling Practices, and Alleged Patient Deaths at the Phoenix Health Care System. June 4, 2014
Adverse Events in Hospitals: A Quarter of Medicare Patients Experienced Harm in October 2018. May 25, 2022
Care and Oversight Deficiencies Related to Multiple Homicides at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. May 26, 2021
Deficient Care of a Patient Who Died by Suicide and Facility Leaders' Response at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. July 5, 2023
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Nearly all hospital pharmacists say drug shortages are negatively impacting care; a third say impacts are ‘critical.’ August 23, 2023
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Nearly all thirty most frequently used emergency department drugs experienced shortages from 2006-2019. April 27, 2022
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Despite federal legislation, shortages of drugs used in acute care settings remain persistent and prolonged. May 18, 2016
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