Latest Medical error Stories
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ICU Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICUI) announced today that a clinical case study prepared by clinicians from Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I. showed that a collaboratively-developed custom IV system featuring the MicroClave® needlefree neutral displacement connector helped reduce NICU infection rates and medication errors, while also addressing recent FDA concerns regarding the safety of positive displacement needlefree...
WILMINGTON, Del., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christiana Care Health System has received a grade of "A" for patient safety in a first-ever report card on safety in the nation's hospitals. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090407/DC95299LOGO) Hospitals nationwide received Hospital Safety Scores of A, B, C, D, or F based on infections, injuries and medical and medication errors in a June 6 report released by The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national...
LONG BEACH and ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MemorialCare Health System hospitals, including Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center and Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, were honored with an "A" Hospital Safety Score(SM) by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The Hospital Safety Score(SM) is calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog...
OAKLAND, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly all Kaiser Permanente hospitals have been given an A rating for patient safety -- and none lower than a B -- in a new national report card issued Wednesday by The Leapfrog Group. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120606/SF20634-INFO) Twenty-four of the 27 Kaiser Permanente California hospitals that were included in the report received an A grade. Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Oregon (Sunnyside Medical Center) and...
A Southeastern Regional Falls Reporting Initiative Shows Steady Decline in Harmful Falls during the Two-Year Program HARRISBURG, Pa., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wrong-site surgery and falls prevention programs within Pennsylvania healthcare facilities appear to be working, with significant declines in wrong-site surgeries and harmful falls, according to the June Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory released today. The Patient Safety Authority's program to prevent...
Analysis of submitted medication events reveals serious process issues PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medication mishaps are the most common errors in healthcare. Indeed, medication errors represent the most frequently reported events submitted to ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO)--comprising about 30% of all events. To assist healthcare facilities in learning from medication errors, ECRI Institute PSO developed and conducted a deep...
SAN DIEGO, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthcare Technology Safety Institute (HTSI)--part of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Foundation--is taking a leading role in looking at one of healthcare's toughest challenges. The institute was awarded a $328,660 grant by the CareFusion Foundation to fund a three-year national study on key issues surrounding the administration of intravenous (IV) medication using smart pumps. The goal of this...
LAKE FOREST, Ill., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, today released a snapshot of the positive impact of I.V. clinical integration of infusion pumps and electronic health records (EHRs) in honor of Healthcare Technology Management Week, which recognizes the important work of healthcare technology professionals. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120524/CG13208-INFO) (Logo:...
CEO of Electronic Medical Records Firm Says U.S. System Choking on Paper Atlanta (PRWEB) May 07, 2012 Organizations using Business Computer Applications’ (BCA) electronic medical records (EMCs) to speed patient care are also providing feedback that enables the Atlanta-based firm to improve its product line and help others unclog systems choking on paper. “While the U.S. has the best healthcare in the world the current system, clogged with paper records, makes it difficult to...
Caregivers whose abilities are at the third grade level or below 5 times more likely to measure wrong amount Many parents cringe when their child asks for help with math homework. New research shows that poor math skills can cause another difficulty for caregivers — measuring the right amount of medicine. In fact, parents with math skills at the third grade level or below were five times more likely to measure the wrong dose of medication for their child than those with skills at the...
