Becker's Hospital Review

9 Most Common Medical Errors

At the Patient Safety Movement Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), shared a list of the nine most common medical errors in the United States. Addressing ...
AOL

Common medical errors kill scores each year in the U.S., especially women and minorities

Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born. At times, Watkins, then 30, had to stop on the stairway to catch her breath. Her ...
Healio

‘Unnoticed previously,’ hospital medication errors are more common in older children

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The error rate among children aged older than 12 years was 20.9 per 100 orders ...
NBC New York

Medical errors are still harming patients. AI could help change that

John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the high-pressure, high-stakes environment of an operating room. “During situations such as trauma, or a patient doing poorly, there’s a ...
MarketWatch

Five Common Medical Errors Leading to Malpractice Claims and How to Protect Yourself

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Jason Turchin, a leading advocate for medical malpractice victims, highlights five common medical errors that often lead to ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Wrong-Drug Event Most Common Medication Error in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania hospitals submitted 519 medication error reports to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority from June 2004-September 2010. The most common types of ...

Medical negligence in Nigeria: what’s known, and what needs to be done

Some medical errors are unreported or even unknown to patients. Only those that result in severe complications and death are ...