improper medication anesthesia errors

A recent article by the Patient Safety Authority of Pennsylvania cited improper patient weight before giving out medication or anesthesia as a common error made by hospitals. Too often when patients present to the ER, nurses and physicians fail to get an accurate patient weight.  Even though it is fairly simple to do, this critical […]

Read Full Post

pa patient safety authority reviews missed and delayed diagnosis

In a report released today in the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory, researchers with the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that diagnostic errors in hospitals caused about two times as many “adverse events” as medication errors. The Patient Safety Authority defines diagnostic error as “a diagnosis that is missed, incorrect, or delayed as detected by a […]

Read Full Post

« Previous Page