Medication errors account for 78% of serious medical errors in the ICU [ 7].
Similarly, interruptions have been linked to medical errors in other tasks, such as dispensing medication (Westbrook, Woods, Rob, Dunsmuir, & Day, 2010).
serious medical errors in intensive care.
It grabs headlines to say medical errors in hospitals kill more people than guns or cars.
Hammerling, J. A. A review of medical errors in laboratory diagnostics and where we are today.
Furthermore, reports of medical errors in peer-reviewed journals are extremely rare.
Recent studies in Canada and Denmark have documented a high incidence of medical errors in hospitals.
It makes headlines to say that medical errors in hospitals kill more people than guns or cars.
Whereas patients may feel that doctors are indifferent toward medical errors, in reality those errors haunt doctors for years.
Computer physician order entry (CPOE) may have significant benefit to reducing medical errors in the hospital setting.
Her father is a consultant based in Radnor, Pa., who works with new companies seeking to develop information systems that prevent medical errors in hospitals.
