Articles Tagged With: wrong
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‘Zero Is Our Goal’— Dramatically Reduce Duplicate Medical Records
Duplicate medical records potentially are dangerous to patients because care decisions are based on incorrect information.
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Wrong-site surgery traced to lack of timeout
A surgeon’s wrong-site error on a patient’s brain happened because he failed to perform a timeout before the procedure, according to a recent court decision that also describes how the physician tried to hide his error and did not report the sentinel event to administrators.