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NEWS ABOUT: medical errors

medical errors stories: 5 news summaries

Obnoxious Docs Linked to Dangerous Mistakes

Nurses often afraid to point out errors, ask questions

Dec 3, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - If your doctor's a jerk, it might be dangerous to your health. Many nurses are reporting that hostile, harried physicians often ignore their summons—or make them hesitant to questions in the first place. This "health care equivalent of road rage" causes errors, dangerous complications, and sometimes the... More »

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nurses • medical errors • hospital • surgeon • attitudes • doctors • anger management

 US Health Care
 Stinks: Study 

Huge inefficiencies put American system last among 19 developed nations

Jul 17, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US health care system gets dismal grades in a ranking of 19 industrialized countries, Reuters reports. A private foundation looked at key indicators like efficiency and access, and found the US did very poorly despite spending the most money—putting it last on the list. Health-care dollars were squandered... More »

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health care • health care costs • medical errors • public health • health study • mortality rates

 Hospital Owns Up
 to Wrong-Side
 Surgery 

Experienced doc makes rookie mistake

Jul 4, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - An experienced surgeon cut into the wrong side of his patient this week at a Boston hospital that has, coincidentally, been leading the crusade against medical mistakes. The hospital told its entire staff about the blunder, the fifth such wrong-side surgery Massachusetts has seen this year, the Boston Globe reports.... More »

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surgery • medical errors • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Quaids Sue Drug Firm Over OD

Actor alleges packaging led to infants' nearly fatal overdose

Dec 5, 07 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife filed a lawsuit against Baxter International, maker of the blood thinner Heparin, after their newborn twins nearly died of an overdose, the Chicago Tribune reports. The couple said Baxter was negligent because it packaged two different strengths of the drug, one a thousand times... More »

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medical errors • drug companies • celebrity • overdose • lawsuit • infants • Dennis Quaid • Kimberly Buffington • Heparin • Baxter International

Doctors Are Sorry, Not Sued

New laws allow doctors to apologize

Apr 12, 07 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawmakers in nine states want doctors to be able to say they're sorry. So-called  "I'm-sorry" laws, already on the books in 27 states, allow doctors to apologize to patients when they make mistakes, or as expressions of sympathy, without fear of litigation. More »

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health care • health • law • medical malpractice • medical errors • patients • doctor • litigation

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