Image/Poster 10 medical errors that changed the standard of care. Citation Text: Bialek BB. Medscape Today. January 18, 2012. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL February 15, 2012 Bialek BB. Medscape Today. January 18, 2012. View more articles from the same authors. This slide set presents medical errors that led to changes in practice standards. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Bialek BB. Medscape Today. January 18, 2012. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Prescribing errors that cause harm. October 5, 2016 Far more could be done to stop the deadly bacteria C. diff. August 29, 2012 Preventing medication errors by empowering patients. November 18, 2015 Nursing homes cited 1,000 times for medication errors. August 27, 2014 Preventing high-alert medication errors in hospital patients. 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Association of display of patient photographs in the electronic health record with wrong-patient order entry errors. December 2, 2020
A blueprint for success: implementation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandated anesthesiology oversight for procedural sedation in a large health system. June 15, 2022
The cost of quality: an academic health center's annual costs for its quality and patient safety infrastructure. July 25, 2018
Unsafe by design: infusion task reallocation and safety perceptions in U.S. hospitals. January 11, 2023
Do medical inpatients who report poor service quality experience more adverse events and medical errors? February 13, 2008
Amid COVID-19, discipline against bad doctors plummets; more medical errors may slip through cracks. September 16, 2020
Education and training of nurses in the use of advanced medical technologies in home care related to patient safety: a cross-sectional survey. March 24, 2021
Open Notes shines light on errors in patient medical records — will the new rule lead to a flood of correction requests? September 29, 2021
Massive open online course (MOOC) learning builds capacity and improves competence for patient safety among global learners: a prospective cohort study. September 8, 2021
Hospitals will still have to share safety data publicly—CMS will publish scorecard of avoidable patient harm after all. August 17, 2022
Prescription for disaster: America's broken pharmacy system in revolt over burnout and errors. November 8, 2023
CMS proposal to suppress hospital safety data angers advocates — agency says COVID disruptions, staff shortages hamper ability to fairly score poor performers. June 1, 2022
Medical bias: from pain pills to COVID-19, racial discrimination in health care festers. June 24, 2020
'I'm smiling under here': Masks, plexiglass and questions the norm as hospitals lure patients back in COVID-19 era. June 17, 2020
Outpatient insulin-related adverse events due to mix-up errors: findings from two national surveillance systems, United States, 2012-2017. March 24, 2021
Use of FMEA analysis to reduce risk of errors in prescribing and administering drugs in paediatric wards: a quality improvement report. January 16, 2013
Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on Medication Administration. January 9, 2013
Important change to heparin container labels to clearly state the total drug strength. December 19, 2012
Improving Patient and Worker Safety—Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation. December 19, 2012
DOD and VA Health Care: Medication Needs During Transitions May Not Be Managed for All Servicemembers. November 28, 2012
Patient Safety: HHS Has Taken Steps to Address Unsafe Injection Practices, but More Action Is Needed. August 15, 2012
How-to Guides: Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations. August 8, 2012
Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems. August 1, 2012
National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Patient Safety Measures: A Consensus Report. June 27, 2012
Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population: ED-SAFE April 24, 2024
Patient Safety Innovations Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer July 31, 2023
Impact of patient safety climate on infection prevention practices and healthcare worker and patient outcomes. May 10, 2023
Medication use evaluation of high-dose long-term opioid de-prescribing in multiple Veterans Affairs medical centers. January 18, 2023
Prevalence, contributory factors and severity of medication errors associated with direct-acting oral anticoagulants in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. January 12, 2022
Association between in-clinic opioid administration and discharge opioid prescription in urgent care: a retrospective cohort study. February 17, 2021
An effective intervention: limiting opioid prescribing as a means of reducing opioid analgesic misuse, and overdose deaths. September 23, 2020
Classification of opioid dependence, abuse, or overdose in opioid-naive patients as a "Never Event". August 5, 2020
Indication-specific opioid prescribing for US patients with Medicaid or private Insurance, 2017 June 10, 2020
Better care for surgical patients: recognizing and responding to the unexpected to save lives. January 29, 2020
Opioid medication discontinuation and risk of adverse opioid-related health care events. June 12, 2019
FDA identifies harm reported from sudden discontinuation of opioid pain medicines and requires label changes to guide prescribers on gradual, individualized tapering. April 17, 2019
Challenges with implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opioid guideline: a consensus panel report. April 3, 2019
Defining minimum necessary anticoagulation-related communication at discharge: Consensus of the Care Transitions Task Force of the New York State Anticoagulation Coalition. November 7, 2018