Keywords: Malpractice
12/05/2011
Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology
Step by step, the Helsinki Declaration is being implemented: Great Britain and the Netherlands have made it law. In Germany, it is voluntary, Susanne Werner reports …
08/18/2011
Variation in bowel reoperation rates prompts call for better quality
There is a large variation in unplanned reoperation rates after colorectal surgery in English NHS hospitals, finds a study published on bmj.com today. As such, researchers suggest …
06/20/2011
Human error – or a fault in the system?
Medication errors sit among the top ten causes of harm to patients. They can, of course, occur in any department, but it’s still a surprise that they happen as frequently in …
06/16/2011
Medical devices are not scrutinised enough
United Kingdom – A call has been made for tighter regulatory controls to ensure the safety regulation of medical devices, following joint investigations carried out by the …
04/19/2011
Identifying risk, averting risk
The introduction of comprehensive risk management to a hospital is challenging. Although initiating quality and safety processes is often easy, the structural changes in a …
09/01/2009
Childbirth injury statistics
In 2006, 4.3 million children were born in US hospitals; of these, 158,000 mothers and infants (3.5%) sustained injuries that could have been avoided. For comparison purposes, …
05/01/2009
Doctors may be fined for over-doing scans
Doctors who frequently recommend inappropriate medical imaging may be financially penalised. …
03/27/2009
A new high-rise on New York´s horizon
Ten years ago, New York real estate entrepreneur Israel Green began a worldwide search for a cure for his wife´s lung cancer. A year later, the couple returned to New York empty …
01/16/2009
Antipsychotika erhöhen Schlaganfallrisiko bei älteren Patienten
Antipsychotika sollen Erregungszustände, aggressives Verhalten und Sinnestäuschungen bekämpfen. Laut einer britischen Studie erhöhen sie jedoch bei …
08/05/2008
Professional accountablity of nurses
A recent case from Eardisland, Herefordshire, demonstrates the impact of institutions like the Nursing & Midwifery Council in the UK that considers allegations of misconduct of …
08/01/2008
Even experts sometimes need good advice
Acting as a medical expert witness can have serious consequences for third persons. Although expert witnesses are doing their best, many problems arise from their medico-legal …
04/30/2008
Demands for greater supervision of alternative medicine practitioners
The prosecution of two doctors and a faith healer has been ordered by the Dutch appeal court, due to their treatment of a patient who died seven years ago. …
11/09/2007
Spotlight on patient safety
Medical errors occur in any part of the treatment process and typically involve the wrong medication, improper treatment, or incorrect or delayed test results. At its annual …
08/30/2006
Medical error reporting
Study presents a route to help doctors with medical error reporting. …
07/01/2006
Bringing Toyota production to the healthcare industry
In a widely publicised, groundbreaking report titled 'To Err is Human', issued in 1999 by the Institute of Medicine in the United States, the magnitude of unwanted deaths …
05/01/2006
Intra-operative imaging in modern neurosurgery
The brain has few anatomical landmarks. During surgery it is critical that the neurosurgeon knows the exact locality of surgical instruments in relation to important brain …
05/01/2006
Learn from other's mistakes
Every day, critical events occur in hospitals but do not harm patients. …
09/01/2004
Adverse drug reactions
Although most patients do not react badly to prescriptions, a new study has found that one in 16 hospital admissions (in two hospitals) were caused by adverse drug reactions, and …
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