Becker's Hospital Review

Study Suggests Full Disclosure of Medical Errors Reduces Claims, Costs

Study Suggests Full Disclosure of Medical Errors Reduces Claims, Costs A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that full disclosure of medical errors resulted in a ...
Medscape

Attitudes on Disclosure of Medical Errors

Medical errors and initiatives to prevent them have been discussed widely in recent years. Physicians and patients generally agree that errors should be disclosed to patients, but do they agree on the ...
Becker's Hospital Review

4 Tips to Implement a Transparent Medical Error Disclosure Policy

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System has been widely recognized for its innovative medical error disclosure policy called the Michigan Model. In the ...
California Healthline

Most Hospitals Do Not Support Mandated Medical Error Reporting Systems With Public Disclosure of Data, Survey Finds

According to the study: More than two-thirds of executives surveyed said a state-mandated nonconfidential reporting system discouraged reporting errors to the hospitals' own internal systems. Nearly ...
Becker's ASC

Study Suggests Culture Linked to Higher Probability of Medical Error Disclosures, Apologies

Survey results published in BMJ Quality and Safety suggests working cultures in healthcare organizations may impact how frequently physicians disclose or apologize for medical errors. Read the full ...
Medscape

Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...