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Another week, another report illustrating the harm that the healthcare industry inadvertently causes to its patients.This week…
Another week, another report illustrating the harm that the healthcare industry inadvertently causes to its patients.This week…
You may have heard about this analysis in the BMJ that says medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S.…
When researchers at John Hopkins factored human errors they found this was the third leading cause of death in the United States…
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A new report says errors by medical personnel are the third leading cause of deaths in the U.S.Read More
Top News BIDMC CIO John Halamka, MD dissects the nearly 1,000-page MACRA NPRM and makes interesting points: It’s a zero-sum…
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For the last couple of days, the Twitter medical community has been discussing the latest in a long line of papers attempting…
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In this podcast from the BMJ talk medicine series, researchers discuss their finding that medical error is the third leading…
A recent analysis found that "medical errors" are the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
Medical error is not included on death certificates or in rankings of cause of death. Martin Makary, professor of surgery at…
Death certificates should list medical error as a separate cause of death, urge expertsRelated items from OnMedicaHospitals…
PRNewswire - (Chicago) July 1, 2016 - Today, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced a new…