Objective: To determine the prevalence of medical errors related to the discontinuity of care from an inpatient to an outpatient setting, and to determine if there is an association between these ...

Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of ...

Preventable medical errors encompass a wide range of mistakes including misdiagnosis, medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections and communication breakdowns among health ...

Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...

Burnout, fatigue and depression can lead to medical errors, the study found. Does your doctor’s mental health and well-being affect the care you receive? A new study says yes -- burnout, fatigue and ...

Sheree Lloyd does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

RaDonda Vaught’s conviction sent shockwaves through the health care community and raised concerns about practitioners becoming criminally liable for unintentional errors. The New Law Kentucky’s new ...

A Pittsburgh-area woman died after having an allergic reaction to an antibiotic she was given not once, but twice, during surgery to repair a hernia. During the first surgery, the procedure was halted ...

Medical errors are an unfortunate reality in healthcare systems worldwide, including Australia. Despite our advanced medical practices, mistakes can and do happen - sometimes with devastating ...