Hospital Patients
At US Hospitals, a Drug Mix-Up Is Just a Few Keystrokes Away
Article Summary: Many hospital medication cabinets can be searched by inputting only a few letters which results in a drug mix-up and causes patient harm. By Brett Kelman, KHN, Apr 29, 2022. More than four… Read More
‘Nursing Is in Crisis’: Staff Shortages Put Patients at Risk
“When hospitals are understaffed, people die,” one expert warned as the U.S. health systems reach a breaking point in the face of the Delta variant. By Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, Aug. 21, 2021. Cyndy… Read More
US hospitals overused elective procedures and tests before pandemic, report shows. Experts say focus must return to patient safety.
Article Summary: Hospitals have unnecessarily performed too many elective procedures and tests in a study conducted among Medicare patients. By: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, May 04, 2021. During the height of the pandemic, many health… Read More
Medical Error Statistics: When Healthcare Can Kill You
Medical Error Statistics: When Healthcare Can Kill You By Maria Clark, for Etactics, September 24, 2020. Responsible people don’t think twice about visiting the hospital. If we feel sick, need surgery, or have a major… Read More
New Press Ganey Report Warns That Covid-19 May Have Worsened Hospital Safety
By Leah Binder, for Forbes. Apr. 9, 2021. We should rely on hospitals as premier authorities on protecting people from health hazards like infections and injuries. After all, they hire exceptionally smart and credentialed staff… Read More
The App That All Hospital Patients Need
The Patient’s Hospital Safety Guide app contains life-saving information that all patients should have. It was developed by APRA in cooperation with leading medical professionals to help hospital patients protect themselves from being harmed by… Read More
‘Ghost surgery’ and Informed Consent Fraud is Common
Is the doctor you chose the one holding the scalpel? Maybe not. You have a legal right to informed consent, but failure to adequately and properly inform the patient of who will be performing an… Read More
Tenet to Pay $1.4M to Settle Medically Unnecessary Implant Suit
By Alia Paavola, Beckers Hospital Review, February 12th, 2020. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and one of its hospitals in Palm Springs, Calif., will pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly charged Medicare for implanting unnecessary… Read More
Hospitals Can Be Sued for Battery When Patients Say ‘Stop’
By Ayla Ellison, Beckers Hospital Review, February 14th, 2020. A patient who asks a clinician to stop a procedure and it’s feasible to do so can sue for battery if medical staff continue with the treatment,… Read More