Newspaper/Magazine Article Why doctors so often get it wrong. Citation Text: Leonhardt D. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL March 8, 2006 Leonhardt D. View more articles from the same authors. This article reports on misdiagnosis and strategies that some health care organizations are using to improve accuracy. Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Leonhardt D. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council. October 3, 2007 You've detailed your last wishes, but doctors may not see them. April 11, 2018 Medical malpractice: why is it so hard for doctors to apologize? February 6, 2013 Safety in numbers? Try connectivity. February 22, 2012 VA takes the lead in paperless care. April 25, 2007 Medical error reporting system still a year off. 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Nurses' role in detecting deterioration in ward patients: systematic literature review. September 30, 2009
VA Health Care: Improvements Needed in Processes Used to Address Providers' Actions That Contribute to Adverse Events. January 15, 2014
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives. August 25, 2010
Hospital Experiences Using Electronic Health Records to Support Medication Reconciliation. August 13, 2014
Goals and Priorities for Health Care Organizations to Improve Safety Using Health IT. Revised Report. June 29, 2016
Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report. September 14, 2011
Her child was stillborn at 39 weeks. She blames a system that doesn’t always listen to mothers. November 30, 2022
Nearly all hospital pharmacists say drug shortages are negatively impacting care; a third say impacts are ‘critical.’ August 23, 2023
Impact of a pharmacist on medication reconciliation on patient admission to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. September 3, 2008
VA pauses $16B Oracle Cerner EHR deployments indefinitely to address error-ridden early rollout. May 3, 2023
Assessment of opioid prescribing practices before and after implementation of a health system intervention to reduce opioid overprescribing. October 31, 2018
An Organisation Losing its Memory? Patient Safety Alerts: Implementation, Monitoring and Regulation in England February 19, 2020
Two pandemics, same story: the potentially dangerous overuse of antibiotics and 'the road to medical hell'. September 9, 2020
Root Cause Analysis: The Core of Problem Solving and Corrective Action, Second Edition. April 13, 2019
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: a maternal transport briefing form and checklist. December 23, 2020
Call-shift fatigue and use of countermeasures and avoidance strategies by certified registered nurse anesthetists: a national survey. June 17, 2015
Variation in medication information for elderly patients during initial interventions by emergency department physicians. January 16, 2008
Before mea culpa, Children’s was confident its air systems weren’t source of infection December 11, 2019
Organisational reporting and learning systems: innovating inside and outside of the box. March 25, 2015
Interview In Conversation With...Stephen Hines, PhD and Monika Haugstetter, MHA, MSN, RN, CPHQ about TeamSTEPPS 3.0 February 28, 2024
Interview In Conversation with... Joan Stanley about The Role of Undergraduate Nursing Education in Patient Safety November 27, 2023
Perspectives on Safety The Role of Undergraduate Nursing Education in Patient Safety November 27, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer July 31, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations Enhancing Support for Patients’ Social Needs to Reduce Hospital Readmissions and Improve Health Outcomes March 29, 2023
Feds move to rein in prior authorization, a system that harms and frustrates patients. March 22, 2023
New Covid boosters look a lot like the old ones. Doctors worry that could lead to errors. September 21, 2022
Not ‘just depression.’ She seemed trapped in a downward mental health spiral. The real cause was a profound shock. February 3, 2021
The plague year. The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy. January 13, 2021
CVS taps a design legend to reinvent the prescription label. Next stop: the pharmacy. October 18, 2017
Validating a decision tree for serious infection: diagnostic accuracy in acutely ill children in ambulatory care. August 19, 2015