Newspaper/Magazine Article Not quite fail-safe: computerizing isn't a panacea for dangerous drug errors, study shows. Citation Text: Boodman SC. Washington Post. March 22, 2005; Page HE01. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL April 3, 2005 Boodman SC. Washington Post. March 22, 2005; Page HE01. View more articles from the same authors. Computerized provider order entry is revealed to have its own set of problems. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Boodman SC. Washington Post. March 22, 2005; Page HE01. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Anger management courses are a new tool for dealing with out-of-control doctors. March 13, 2013 Electronic medicine can send you test results quickly. But what if they're scary? April 11, 2018 The pain of wrong site surgery. 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Not ‘just depression.’ She seemed trapped in a downward mental health spiral. The real cause was a profound shock. February 3, 2021
The role of the non-ICU staff nurse on a medical emergency team: perceptions and understanding. June 1, 2011
A growing number of primary-care doctors are burning out. How does this affect patients? April 9, 2014
Cedars-Sinai doctors cling to pen and paper: transition to electronic medical records proves difficult. April 3, 2005
A woman’s laborious search uncovered the probable cause of her searing abdominal pain. Getting a doctor to help was much harder. March 3, 2021
Rating hospitals by the stars: the feds' latest plan to measure quality is the most controversial. June 1, 2016
Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia. October 23, 2019
How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing more harm than good. January 22, 2020
Teaming up to prevent 'crashes': some hospitals give patients the power to get extra help, stat. September 19, 2007
Medicare study finds teaching hospitals have higher risk of complications; findings disputed. February 29, 2012
Spikes in demand from coronavirus patients are creating shortages of asthma drugs and sedatives for ventilator patients. April 22, 2020
Suicides point to gaps in treatment. Errors in psychiatric diagnoses and drugs plague strained immigration system. May 21, 2008
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed. April 7, 2021
Improving Patient Safety Through Informed Consent for Patients with Limited Health Literacy. September 28, 2005
Results of our survey on drug storage, stability, compatibility, and beyond use dating. April 4, 2012
Patient Suicide on a Locked Mental Health Unit at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, Florida. September 4, 2019
Ten Years After Keeping Patients Safe: Have Nurses' Work Environments Been Transformed? April 2, 2014
Her husband died by suicide. She sued his pain doctors—a rare challenge over an opioid dose reduction. December 1, 2021
Medical middlemen: broken system making it harder for hospitals and patients to get some life-saving drugs. June 1, 2022
A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist. October 14, 2020
An overview of intravenous-related medication administration errors as reported to MEDMARX(R), a national medication error-reporting program. February 8, 2006
Hospital-error oversight called lax: state takes too long to investigate mistakes, patient advocates say. May 18, 2005
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Durasal–Durezol mix-up illustrates how dangerous product problems persist long after recognition. October 5, 2011
Administering just the diluent or one of two vaccine components leaves patients unprotected. June 4, 2014
Any new process poses a risk for errors: learning from 4 months of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations. May 12, 2021
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Update on the Quality of American Health Care Through the Patient's Lens. April 12, 2006
How to seek care for non-covid health issues during the pandemic, and why you shouldn’t delay. September 29, 2021
Subtherapeutic heparin infusions: is your organization at risk of bypassing soft low-dose alerts? June 3, 2020
Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Moving from Research to Practice Evaluation Report II (2003–2004). October 17, 2007
Perspectives on Safety Annual Perspective Technology as a Tool for Improving Patient Safety March 29, 2023
Not ‘just depression.’ She seemed trapped in a downward mental health spiral. The real cause was a profound shock. February 3, 2021
Patients managing medications and reading their visit notes: a survey of OpenNotes participants. June 5, 2019
Using a spare medication vial to store multiple medications: a potentially fatal in-home medication error. March 6, 2019
Hardwiring safety into the computer system: one hospital's actions to provide technology support for U-500 insulin. May 18, 2016
Selected medication safety risks to manage in 2016 that might otherwise fall off the radar screen—part 1 and part 2. February 24, 2016
A patient-initiated voluntary online survey of adverse medical events: the perspective of 696 injured patients and families. July 1, 2015