If medical error were considered a disease, a new study has found, it would be the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind only heart disease and ...

Medical errors cause 251,000 fatalities annually. 7 Medical errors account for 9.5% of all deaths in the U.S. each year, making medical malpractice a leading cause of death. 7 Medical malpractice is ...

The causes were a fall, a medication error, a malfunctioning medical device and a burn. Three patients died after medical errors in Mayo Clinic facilities in Rochester and Mankato, including two who ...

But how true is it? And what does “error” really mean? Researchers, physicians, and families are now questioning a system where complexity, exhaustion, and communication failures can turn treatment ...

Modern medicine is a marvel. New surgical techniques and preventative medications are being developed at incredible speed. While the improvements mean more lives are being saved, ongoing medical ...

In nursing school, you learn to avoid mistakes at all costs, as medical errors can result in physical injury or even death.

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death, yet healthcare systems continue to struggle to reduce them. A new ...

Medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide, rivaling heart disease and cancer. Yet while medicine has ...

The frequency of analgesic drug errors in hospitals is nearly three per 1,000 prescriptions, according to a news release by American Pain Society. Researchers at Albany (New York) Medical Center ...

Although hospitals and health systems do not closely track medical errors and misdiagnoses, these issues have begun to receive serious scrutiny. Evidence points to the need for immediate improvement ...

When doctors prescribe medication for us, we expect it to help in some way. We might hope that it will cure a condition or help minimize problems like pain. At the very least, we would expect it to ...

Fight Diagnostic Error: The deadliest moment in medicine is diagnosis. A landmark longitudinal twenty-five year study of over 350,000 paid malpractice claims in the National Practitioners Data Bank ...