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Northridge Hospital Medical Center, which is part of the Dignity Health system, said in a statement that it had reported the incident itself, "conducted a thorough review and worked closely with ...
In the US, clinical peer review is used: uninvolved medical staff review the event and work toward preventing further incidents. [citation needed] The disclosure of adverse events is important in maintaining trust in the relationship between healthcare provider and patient.
The ISMP frequently investigates and reports on medication errors that have occurred in practice. These investigations are often published in the peer-reviewed journal Hospital Pharmacy . [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]
IV lines are prevalent in health care settings, especially in hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care. They are usually used to bring medicine or fluids directly into a patient’s body.
Variations in healthcare provider training & experience [45] [52] and failure to acknowledge the prevalence and seriousness of medical errors also increase the risk. [53] [54] The so-called July effect occurs when new residents arrive at teaching hospitals, causing an increase in medication errors according to a study of data from 1979 to 2006 ...
Clinical peer review, also known as medical peer review is the process by which health care professionals, including those in nursing and pharmacy, evaluate each other's clinical performance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A discipline-specific process may be referenced accordingly (e.g., physician peer review , nursing peer review ).
A never event is the "kind of mistake (medical error) that should never happen" in the field of medical treatment. [1] According to the Leapfrog Group never events are defined as "adverse events that are serious, largely preventable, and of concern to both the public and health care providers for the purpose of public accountability." [2]
An adverse event can also be declared in the normal treatment of a patient which is suspected of being caused by the medication being taken or a medical device used in the treatment of the patient. In Australia, 'Adverse EVENT' refers generically to medical errors of all kinds, surgical, medical or nursing related.