Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent.
The study of the precise nature of different mental tasks and the operations of the brain that enable them to be performed, engaging branches of psychology, computer science, philosophy, and linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Truthful revelation of information, specifically when the information disclosed is likely to be psychologically painful ("bad news") to the recipient (e.g., revelation to a patient or a patient's family of the patient's DIAGNOSIS or PROGNOSIS) or embarrassing to the teller (e.g., revelation of medical errors).
The process of minimizing risk to an organization by developing systems to identify and analyze potential hazards to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences, and by attempting to handle events and incidents which do occur in such a manner that their effect and cost are minimized. Effective risk management has its greatest benefits in application to insurance in order to avert or minimize financial liability. (From Slee & Slee: Health care terms, 2d ed)
The development of systems to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences in an institutional setting. The concept includes prevention or reduction of adverse events or incidents involving employees, patients, or facilities. Examples include plans to reduce injuries from falls or plans for fire safety to promote a safe institutional environment.
Identifies, for study and analysis, important issues and problems that relate to health and medicine. The Institute initiates and conducts studies of national policy and planning for health care and health-related education and research; it also responds to requests from the federal government and other agencies for studies and advice.
Accountability and responsibility to another, enforceable by civil or criminal sanctions.
Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage.
Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
A sultanate on the southeast coast of the Arabian peninsula. Its capital is Masqat. Before the 16th century it was ruled by independent emirs but was captured and controlled by the Portuguese 1508-1648. In 1741 it was recovered by a descendent of Yemen's imam. After its decline in the 19th century, it became virtually a political and economic dependency within the British Government of India, retaining close ties with Great Britain by treaty from 1939 to 1970 when it achieved autonomy. The name was recorded by Pliny in the 1st century A.D. as Omana, said to be derived from the founder of the state, Oman ben Ibrahim al-Khalil. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p890; Oman Embassy, Washington; Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p391)
The analysis of an activity, procedure, method, technique, or business to determine what must be accomplished and how the necessary operations may best be accomplished.
Incorrect diagnoses after clinical examination or technical diagnostic procedures.
The selection, appointing, and scheduling of personnel.
Efforts to reduce risk, to address and reduce incidents and accidents that may negatively impact healthcare consumers.
Physiological or psychological effects of periods of work which may be fixed or flexible such as flexitime, work shifts, and rotating shifts.
Individuals licensed to practice medicine.
Any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician, surgeon, or other health professional, especially infections acquired by a patient during the course of treatment.
Payment, or other means of making amends, for a wrong or injury.
Revealing of information, by oral or written communication.
Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
Deviations from the average or standard indices of refraction of the eye through its dioptric or refractive apparatus.
Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital.
Institutional systems consisting of more than one health facility which have cooperative administrative arrangements through merger, affiliation, shared services, or other collective ventures.
Programs of training in medicine and medical specialties offered by hospitals for graduates of medicine to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities.
A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.
The term "United States" in a medical context often refers to the country where a patient or study participant resides, and is not a medical term per se, but relevant for epidemiological studies, healthcare policies, and understanding differences in disease prevalence, treatment patterns, and health outcomes across various geographic locations.
Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.
Personnel who provide nursing service to patients in a hospital.
The attitude of a significant portion of a population toward any given proposition, based upon a measurable amount of factual evidence, and involving some degree of reflection, analysis, and reasoning.
An excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It is manifested by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion coupled with a sense of frustration and failure.
The study and practice of medicine by direct examination of the patient.
An individual's objective and insightful awareness of the feelings and behavior of another person. It should be distinguished from sympathy, which is usually nonobjective and noncritical. It includes caring, which is the demonstration of an awareness of and a concern for the good of others. (From Bioethics Thesaurus, 1992)
The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.
The obligations and accountability assumed in carrying out actions or ideas on behalf of others.
The interactions between physician and patient.
The services rendered by members of the health profession and non-professionals under their supervision.
Management of the internal organization of the hospital.
Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.
Systematic organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of specialized information, especially of a scientific or technical nature (From ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983). It often involves authenticating or validating information.
The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.
The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.
The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals.
The total amount of work to be performed by an individual, a department, or other group of workers in a period of time.
Computer-based information systems used to integrate clinical and patient information and provide support for decision-making in patient care.
A province of western Canada, lying between the provinces of British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Its capital is Edmonton. It was named in honor of Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p26 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p12)
Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients.
Freedom from exposure to danger and protection from the occurrence or risk of injury or loss. It suggests optimal precautions in the workplace, on the street, in the home, etc., and includes personal safety as well as the safety of property.
Individuals enrolled in a school of medicine or a formal educational program in medicine.
Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.
The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.
A detailed review and evaluation of selected clinical records by qualified professional personnel for evaluating quality of medical care.
Mathematical or statistical procedures used as aids in making a decision. They are frequently used in medical decision-making.
A course of study offered by an educational institution.
Beliefs and values shared by all members of the organization. These shared values, which are subject to change, are reflected in the day to day management of the organization.
The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.
The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.
The terms, expressions, designations, or symbols used in a particular science, discipline, or specialized subject area.
The degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial.
The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
## I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Japan" is not a medical term or concept. It is a country located in Asia, known as Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku in Japanese, and is renowned for its unique culture, advanced technology, and rich history. If you have any questions related to medical topics, I would be happy to help answer them!

Inadvertent inhalation anaesthesia during surgery under retrobulbar eye block. (1/1033)

I describe a case of inadvertent inhalation anaesthesia during surgery under retrobulbar anaesthesia and its management. Some of the hazards of supplementary oxygen delivery during monitored anaesthetic care and the actions taken to prevent this mishap recurring are discussed.  (+info)

Complications after carotid endarterectomy are related to surgical errors in less than one-fifth of cases. Swedvasc--The Swedish Vascular Registry and The Quality Committee for Carotid Artery Surgery. (2/1033)

OBJECTIVES: to study possible relations between indications, contraindications and surgical technique and stroke and/or death within 30 days of carotid endarterectomy (CEA). DESIGN: analysis of hospital records for patients identified in a national vascular registry. METHOD: during 1995-1996, 1518 patients were reported to the Swedish Vascular Registry - Swedvasc. Among these the sixty-five with a stroke and/or death within 30 days were selected for study. Complete surgical records were reviewed by three approved reviewers using predetermined criteria for indications and possible errors. RESULTS: an error of surgical technique or postoperative management was found in eleven patients (17%). In six cases (9%) the indication was inappropriate or there was an obvious contraindication. The indication was questionable in fourteen (21.5%). Half of the patients (52.5%) had surgery for an appropriate indication, and no contraindication or error in surgical technique or management was identified. CONCLUSION: more than half the complications of CEA represent the "method cost", i.e. the indication, risk and surgical technique were correct. However, the stroke and/or death rate might be reduced if all operations conformed to agreed criteria.  (+info)

Serious hazards of transfusion (SHOT) initiative: analysis of the first two annual reports. (3/1033)

OBJECTIVE: To receive and collate reports of death or major complications of transfusion of blood or components. DESIGN: Haematologists were invited confidentially to report deaths and major complications after blood transfusion during October 1996 to September 1998. SETTING: Hospitals in United Kingdom and Ireland. SUBJECTS: Patients who died or experienced serious complications, as defined below, associated with transfusion of red cells, platelets, fresh frozen plasma, or cryoprecipitate. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Death, "wrong" blood transfused to patient, acute and delayed transfusion reactions, transfusion related acute lung injury, transfusion associated graft versus host disease, post-transfusion purpura, and infection transmitted by transfusion. Circumstances relating to these cases and relative frequency of complications. RESULTS: Over 24 months, 366 cases were reported, of which 191 (52%) were "wrong blood to patient" episodes. Analysis of these revealed multiple errors of identification, often beginning when blood was collected from the blood bank. There were 22 deaths from all causes, including three from ABO incompatibility. There were 12 infections: four bacterial (one fatal), seven viral, and one fatal case of malaria. During the second 12 months, 164/424 hospitals (39%) submitted a "nil to report" return. CONCLUSIONS: Transfusion is now extremely safe, but vigilance is needed to ensure correct identification of blood and patient. Staff education should include awareness of ABO incompatibility and bacterial contamination as causes of life threatening reactions to blood.  (+info)

Notification of real-time clinical alerts generated by pharmacy expert systems. (4/1033)

We developed and implemented a strategy for notifying clinical pharmacists of alerts generated in real-time by two pharmacy expert systems: one for drug dosing and the other for adverse drug event prevention. Display pagers were selected as the preferred notification method and a concise, yet readable, format for displaying alert data was developed. This combination of real-time alert generation and notification via display pagers was shown to be efficient and effective in a 30-day trial.  (+info)

Impact of guidelines implemented in a paris university hospital: application to the use of antiemetics by cancer patients. (5/1033)

AIMS: To assess the impact with time of guidelines on antiemetic use in an 850-bed Paris university hospital with a high proportion of cancer patients. METHODS: Guidelines on the use of antiemetics available in cancer chemotherapy were drafted according to the Delphi technique. Their implementation was based upon a patient-specific antiemetic prescription form. To assess the impact of guideline implementation over time, discrepancies between current practice and the guidelines were compared before guideline implementation (between March and August 1995) and after implementation (between March and August 1997, and March and August 1998). RESULTS: Before the Delphi panel's guidelines were implemented, 5-HT3 antagonists were inappropriately administered in 70% of cases. After guideline implementation, this proportion dropped significantly (P<0.0001, Fisher's exact test) to 22% between March and August 1997 and 28% between March and August 1998. CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of guidelines seems to have resulted in significant changes with time, although a causal relationship has not been demonstrated. The development of guidelines by our hospital's multidisciplinary working group helped the various consultants to adjust medical practices to take account of these changes.  (+info)

Extent and determinants of error in doctors' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort study. (6/1033)

OBJECTIVE: To describe doctors' prognostic accuracy in terminally ill patients and to evaluate the determinants of that accuracy. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Five outpatient hospice programmes in Chicago. PARTICIPANTS: 343 doctors provided survival estimates for 468 terminally ill patients at the time of hospice referral. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Patients' estimated and actual survival. RESULTS: Median survival was 24 days. Only 20% (92/468) of predictions were accurate (within 33% of actual survival); 63% (295/468) were overoptimistic and 17% (81/468) were overpessimistic. Overall, doctors overestimated survival by a factor of 5.3. Few patient or doctor characteristics were associated with prognostic accuracy. Male patients were 58% less likely to have overpessimistic predictions. Non-oncology medical specialists were 326% more likely than general internists to make overpessimistic predictions. Doctors in the upper quartile of practice experience were the most accurate. As duration of doctor-patient relationship increased and time since last contact decreased, prognostic accuracy decreased. CONCLUSION: Doctors are inaccurate in their prognoses for terminally ill patients and the error is systematically optimistic. The inaccuracy is, in general, not restricted to certain kinds of doctors or patients. These phenomena may be adversely affecting the quality of care given to patients near the end of life.  (+info)

Reducing errors made by emergency physicians in interpreting radiographs: longitudinal study. (7/1033)

OBJECTIVES: To reduce errors made in the interpretation of radiographs in an emergency department. DESIGN: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Hospital emergency department. INTERVENTIONS: All staff reviewed all clinically significant discrepancies at monthly meetings. A file of clinically significant errors was created; the file was used for teaching. Later a team redesigned the process. A system was developed for interpreting radiographs that would be followed regardless of the day of the week or time of day. All standard radiographs were brought directly to the emergency physician for immediate interpretation. Radiologists reviewed the films within 12 hours as a quality control measure, and if a significant misinterpretation was found patients were asked to return. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Reduction in number of clinically significant errors (such as missed fractures or foreign bodies) on radiographs read in the emergency department. Data on the error rate for radiologists and the effect of the recall procedure were not available so reliability modelling was used to assess the effect of these on overall safety. RESULTS: After the initial improvements the rate of false negative errors fell from 3% (95% confidence interval 2.8% to 3.2%) to 1.2% (1.03% to 1.37%). After the processes were redesigned it fell further to 0.3% (0.26% to 0.34%). Reliability modelling showed that the number of potential adverse effects per 1000 cases fell from 19 before the improvements to 3 afterwards and unmitigated adverse effects fell from 2.2/1000 before to 0.16/1000 afterwards, assuming 95% success in calling patients back. CONCLUSION: Systems of radiograph interpretation that optimise the skills of all clinicians involved and contain reliable processes for mitigating errors can reduce error rates substantially.  (+info)

Incidence and types of preventable adverse events in elderly patients: population based review of medical records. (8/1033)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and types of preventable adverse events in elderly patients. DESIGN: Review of random sample of medical records in two stage process by nurses and physicians to detect adverse events. Two study investigators then judged preventability. SETTING: Hospitals in US states of Utah and Colorado, excluding psychiatric and Veterans Administration hospitals. SUBJECTS: 15 000 hospitalised patients discharged in 1992. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incidence of preventable adverse events (number of preventable events per 100 discharges) in elderly patients (>/=65 years old) and non-elderly patients (16-64 years). RESULTS: When results were extrapolated to represent all discharges in 1992 in both states, non-elderly patients had 8901 adverse events (incidence 2.80% (SE 0.18%)) compared with 7419 (5.29% (0.37%)) among elderly patients (P=0.001). Non-elderly patients had 5038 preventable adverse events (incidence 1.58% (0.14%)) compared with 4134 (2.95% (0.28%)) in elderly patients (P=0.001). Elderly patients had a higher incidence of preventable events related to medical procedures (such as thoracentesis, cardiac catheterisation) (0.69% (0.14%) v 0.13% (0.04%)), preventable adverse drug events (0.63% (0.14%) v 0.17% (0.05%)), and preventable falls (0.10% (0.06%) v 0.01% (0.02%)). In multivariate analyses, adjusted for comorbid illnesses and case mix, age was not an independent predictor of preventable adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: Preventable adverse events were more common among elderly patients, probably because of the clinical complexity of their care rather than age based discrimination. Preventable adverse drug events, events related to medical procedures, and falls were especially common in elderly patients and should be targets for efforts to prevent errors.  (+info)

Medical errors can be defined as the failure to complete a task (commission) or the use of an incorrect plan of action (omission) that results in harm to the patient. This can include mistakes made in diagnosis, treatment planning, medication dosage, health management, and other medical services. Medical errors can be caused by individual health care providers, system failures, communication breakdowns, or a combination of these factors. They are a significant source of preventable harm and can lead to patient death, injury, increased healthcare costs, and decreased trust in the medical profession.

Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of study that combines various scientific disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and computer science to understand the nature of human cognition, including perception, attention, memory, language, problem-solving, decision-making, learning, and consciousness.

The goal of cognitive science is to develop a unified theoretical framework that can explain how these various cognitive processes work together to enable intelligent behavior in humans and other animals. This field of study has important implications for understanding human thought, communication, creativity, and mental health, as well as for developing artificial intelligence systems that can mimic or enhance human cognition.

"Truth disclosure" is not a standard term in medicine, but it may refer to the act of revealing or expressing the truth, particularly in the context of medical communication. This can include:

1. Informed Consent: Disclosing all relevant information about a medical treatment or procedure, including its risks and benefits, so that a patient can make an informed decision about their care.
2. Breaking Bad News: Communicating difficult medical news to patients honestly, clearly, and compassionately, such as telling a patient they have a serious illness.
3. Medical Error Disclosure: Admitting and explaining mistakes made in the course of medical treatment, including any harm that may have resulted.
4. Research Integrity: Disclosing all relevant information and conflicts of interest in the conduct and reporting of medical research.

The term "truth disclosure" is not commonly used in these contexts, but the principle of honesty and transparency in medical communication is a fundamental aspect of ethical medical practice.

Risk management in the medical context refers to the systematic process of identifying, assessing, and prioritizing risks to patients, staff, or healthcare organizations, followed by the development, implementation, and monitoring of strategies to manage those risks. The goal is to minimize potential harm and optimize patient safety, quality of care, and operational efficiency.

This process typically involves:

1. Identifying potential hazards and risks in the healthcare environment, procedures, or systems.
2. Assessing the likelihood and potential impact of each identified risk.
3. Prioritizing risks based on their severity and probability.
4. Developing strategies to mitigate, eliminate, transfer, or accept the prioritized risks.
5. Implementing the risk management strategies and monitoring their effectiveness.
6. Continuously reviewing and updating the risk management process to adapt to changing circumstances or new information.

Effective risk management in healthcare helps organizations provide safer care, reduce adverse events, and promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement.

Safety management is a systematic and organized approach to managing health and safety in the workplace. It involves the development, implementation, and monitoring of policies, procedures, and practices with the aim of preventing accidents, injuries, and occupational illnesses. Safety management includes identifying hazards, assessing risks, setting objectives and targets for improving safety performance, implementing controls, and evaluating the effectiveness of those controls. The goal of safety management is to create a safe and healthy work environment that protects workers, visitors, and others who may be affected by workplace activities. It is an integral part of an organization's overall management system and requires the active involvement and commitment of managers, supervisors, and employees at all levels.

Legal liability, in the context of medical law, refers to a legal obligation or responsibility that a healthcare professional or facility may have for their actions or negligence that results in harm or injury to a patient. This can include failure to provide appropriate care, misdiagnosis, medication errors, or other breaches of the standard of care. If a healthcare provider is found to be legally liable, they may be required to pay damages to the injured party. It's important to note that legal liability is different from medical malpractice, which refers to a specific type of negligence committed by a healthcare professional.

Medication errors refer to preventable events that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm, while the medication is in the control of the healthcare professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems, including prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging, and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use.

Medication errors can occur at any stage of the medication process, including ordering, transcribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring. They can result from various factors such as poor communication, lack of knowledge, distractions, confusing drug names or labels, and inadequate systems for preventing errors. Medication errors can lead to adverse drug events, which can cause patient harm, including temporary or permanent disability, and even death.

Medical malpractice is a legal term that refers to the breach of the duty of care by a healthcare provider, such as a doctor, nurse, or hospital, resulting in harm to the patient. This breach could be due to negligence, misconduct, or a failure to provide appropriate treatment. The standard of care expected from healthcare providers is based on established medical practices and standards within the relevant medical community.

To prove medical malpractice, four key elements must typically be demonstrated:

1. Duty of Care: A healthcare provider-patient relationship must exist, establishing a duty of care.
2. Breach of Duty: The healthcare provider must have failed to meet the standard of care expected in their field or specialty.
3. Causation: The breach of duty must be directly linked to the patient's injury or harm.
4. Damages: The patient must have suffered harm, such as physical injury, emotional distress, financial loss, or other negative consequences due to the healthcare provider's actions or inactions.

Medical malpractice cases can result in significant financial compensation for the victim and may also lead to changes in medical practices and policies to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Oman" is not a medical term or concept. It is the name of a country, which is located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. If you have any questions related to medicine or healthcare, I would be happy to try and help answer those for you!

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Systems Analysis" is not a medical term per se. It is a term commonly used in various fields including computer science, information systems, and engineering.

However, if we are to adapt the term to a medical context, it could be defined as:

"A systematic examination and evaluation of a healthcare system or subsystem (such as clinical processes, information systems, or organizational structures) to understand its current status, identify areas for improvement, and propose potential solutions. This may involve analyzing various components like workflows, data management, technology utilization, human factors, and financial aspects to optimize the overall performance, safety, and effectiveness of the system."

Diagnostic errors refer to inaccurate or delayed diagnoses of a patient's medical condition, which can lead to improper or unnecessary treatment and potentially serious harm to the patient. These errors can occur due to various factors such as lack of clinical knowledge, failure to consider all possible diagnoses, inadequate communication between healthcare providers and patients, and problems with testing or interpretation of test results. Diagnostic errors are a significant cause of preventable harm in medical care and have been identified as a priority area for quality improvement efforts.

I couldn't find a specific medical definition for "Personnel Staffing and Scheduling," but I can provide you with a general definition that is widely used in the healthcare industry.

"Personnel Staffing and Scheduling" refers to the process of managing and allocating healthcare personnel resources to ensure appropriate staffing levels and schedules to meet the demand for patient care services. It involves determining the right number and mix of qualified healthcare professionals, such as physicians, nurses, therapists, and other support staff, required to provide safe and high-quality patient care.

Effective personnel staffing and scheduling aim to match the supply of healthcare personnel with the demand for patient care services while considering factors such as patient acuity, skill mix, workload, and productivity. It also involves addressing issues related to employee satisfaction, work-life balance, fatigue management, and regulatory compliance.

Proper personnel staffing and scheduling are critical in ensuring that healthcare organizations can deliver safe, high-quality care to their patients while maintaining the well-being and job satisfaction of their employees.

Patient safety is defined as the prevention, reduction, and elimination of errors, injuries, accidents, and other adverse events that can harm patients during the delivery of healthcare. It involves the creation of a healthcare environment that is safe for patients, where risks are minimized, and patient care is consistently delivered at a high quality level. Patient safety is an essential component of healthcare quality and is achieved through evidence-based practices, continuous improvement, education, and collaboration among healthcare professionals, patients, and their families.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Work Schedule Tolerance" is not a recognized term in the medical field. It may be a term used in occupational health or human resources to refer to an employee's ability to adapt to different work schedules, such as night shifts, rotating shifts, or irregular hours. However, it is not a medical diagnosis or condition. If you have any concerns about your work schedule and how it affects your health, I would recommend speaking with a healthcare provider or occupational health professional.

A physician is a healthcare professional who practices medicine, providing medical care and treatment to patients. Physicians may specialize in various fields of medicine, such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, or radiology, among others. They are responsible for diagnosing and treating illnesses, injuries, and disorders; prescribing medications; ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests; providing counseling and education to patients; and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care. Physicians may work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, clinics, private practices, and academic medical centers. To become a physician, one must complete a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree program and pass licensing exams to practice medicine in their state.

Iatrogenic disease refers to any condition or illness that is caused, directly or indirectly, by medical treatment or intervention. This can include adverse reactions to medications, infections acquired during hospitalization, complications from surgical procedures, or injuries caused by medical equipment. It's important to note that iatrogenic diseases are unintended and often preventable with proper care and precautions.

"Compensation and redress" are terms often used in the context of medical law and ethics to refer to the process of addressing harm or injury caused to a patient as a result of medical negligence or malpractice.

Compensation refers to the financial reparation awarded to the victim or their family to cover damages such as medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. The aim of compensation is to restore the victim to the position they were in before the harm occurred, to the extent that money can.

Redress, on the other hand, refers to the broader process of addressing and remedying the harm caused. This may include an apology, changes to hospital policies or procedures, or disciplinary action against the healthcare provider responsible for the negligence. The goal of redress is to acknowledge the harm that was caused and to take steps to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

Together, compensation and redress aim to provide a measure of justice and closure for victims of medical harm, while also promoting accountability and transparency within the healthcare system.

In medical terms, disclosure generally refers to the act of revealing or sharing confidential or sensitive information with another person or entity. This can include disclosing a patient's medical history, diagnosis, treatment plan, or other personal health information to the patient themselves, their family members, or other healthcare providers involved in their care.

Disclosure is an important aspect of informed consent, as patients have the right to know their medical condition and the risks and benefits of various treatment options. Healthcare providers are required to disclose relevant information to their patients in a clear and understandable manner, so that they can make informed decisions about their healthcare.

In some cases, disclosure may also be required by law or professional ethical standards, such as when there is a legal obligation to report certain types of injuries or illnesses, or when there is a concern for patient safety. It is important for healthcare providers to carefully consider the potential risks and benefits of disclosure in each individual case, and to ensure that they are acting in the best interests of their patients while also protecting their privacy and confidentiality.

A Computerized Medical Record System (CMRS) is a digital version of a patient's paper chart. It contains all of the patient's medical history from multiple providers and can be shared securely between healthcare professionals. A CMRS includes a range of data such as demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data, and radiology reports. The system facilitates the storage, retrieval, and exchange of this information in an efficient manner, and can also provide decision support, alerts, reminders, and tools for performing data analysis and creating reports. It is designed to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare delivery by providing accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive information about patients at the point of care.

Quality Assurance in the context of healthcare refers to a systematic approach and set of activities designed to ensure that health care services and products consistently meet predetermined standards of quality and safety. It includes all the policies, procedures, and processes that are put in place to monitor, assess, and improve the quality of healthcare delivery.

The goal of quality assurance is to minimize variability in clinical practice, reduce medical errors, and ensure that patients receive evidence-based care that is safe, effective, timely, patient-centered, and equitable. Quality assurance activities may include:

1. Establishing standards of care based on best practices and clinical guidelines.
2. Developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with these standards.
3. Providing education and training to healthcare professionals to improve their knowledge and skills.
4. Conducting audits, reviews, and evaluations of healthcare services and processes to identify areas for improvement.
5. Implementing corrective actions to address identified issues and prevent their recurrence.
6. Monitoring and measuring outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of quality improvement initiatives.

Quality assurance is an ongoing process that requires continuous evaluation and improvement to ensure that healthcare delivery remains safe, effective, and patient-centered.

Refractive errors are a group of vision conditions that include nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism, and presbyopia. These conditions occur when the shape of the eye prevents light from focusing directly on the retina, causing blurred or distorted vision.

Myopia is a condition where distant objects appear blurry while close-up objects are clear. This occurs when the eye is too long or the cornea is too curved, causing light to focus in front of the retina instead of directly on it.

Hyperopia, on the other hand, is a condition where close-up objects appear blurry while distant objects are clear. This happens when the eye is too short or the cornea is not curved enough, causing light to focus behind the retina.

Astigmatism is a condition that causes blurred vision at all distances due to an irregularly shaped cornea or lens.

Presbyopia is a natural aging process that affects everyone as they get older, usually around the age of 40. It causes difficulty focusing on close-up objects and can be corrected with reading glasses, bifocals, or progressive lenses.

Refractive errors can be diagnosed through a comprehensive eye exam and are typically corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery such as LASIK.

A Hospital Information System (HIS) is a comprehensive, integrated set of software solutions that support the management and operation of a hospital or healthcare facility. It typically includes various modules such as:

1. Electronic Health Record (EHR): A digital version of a patient's paper chart that contains all of their medical history from one or multiple providers.
2. Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE): A system that allows physicians to enter, modify, review, and communicate orders for tests, medications, and other treatments electronically.
3. Pharmacy Information System: A system that manages the medication use process, including ordering, dispensing, administering, and monitoring of medications.
4. Laboratory Information System (LIS): A system that automates and manages the laboratory testing process, from order entry to result reporting.
5. Radiology Information System (RIS): A system that manages medical imaging data, including scheduling, image acquisition, storage, and retrieval.
6. Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS): A system that stores, distributes, and displays medical images from various modalities such as X-ray, CT, MRI, etc.
7. Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) system: A system that manages patient registration, scheduling, and tracking of their progress through the hospital.
8. Financial Management System: A system that handles billing, coding, and reimbursement processes.
9. Materials Management System: A system that tracks inventory, supply chain, and logistics operations within a healthcare facility.
10. Nursing Documentation System: A system that supports the documentation of nursing care, including assessments, interventions, and outcomes.

These systems are designed to improve the efficiency, quality, and safety of patient care by facilitating communication, coordination, and data sharing among healthcare providers and departments.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Multi-Institutional Systems" is not a commonly used medical term or concept. It may refer to systems that involve multiple institutions, such as healthcare networks or electronic health records that are shared among several hospitals or clinics. However, it is not a standardized term with a specific medical definition. If you could provide more context or clarify what you're looking for, I would be happy to help further!

Internship: In medical terms, an internship is a supervised program of hospital-based training for physicians and surgeons who have recently graduated from medical school. The duration of an internship typically ranges from one to three years, during which the intern engages in a variety of clinical rotations in different departments such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and neurology. The primary aim of an internship is to provide newly graduated doctors with hands-on experience in patient care, diagnosis, treatment planning, and communication skills under the close supervision of experienced physicians.

Residency: A residency is a structured and intensive postgraduate medical training program that typically lasts between three and seven years, depending on the specialty. Residents are licensed physicians who have completed their internship and are now receiving advanced training in a specific area of medicine or surgery. During this period, residents work closely with experienced attending physicians to gain comprehensive knowledge and skills in their chosen field. They are responsible for managing patient care, performing surgical procedures, interpreting diagnostic tests, conducting research, teaching medical students, and participating in continuing education activities. Residency programs aim to prepare physicians for independent practice and board certification in their specialty.

Internal Medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of internal diseases affecting adults. It encompasses a wide range of medical conditions, including those related to the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, hematological, endocrine, infectious, and immune systems. Internists, or general internists, are trained to provide comprehensive care for adult patients, managing both simple and complex diseases, and often serving as primary care physicians. They may also subspecialize in various fields such as cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, or infectious disease, among others.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "United States" is a geopolitical entity, specifically the name of the country consisting of 50 states, and it is not a medical term or concept. Therefore, I can't provide a medical definition for it. If you have any questions related to health, medicine, or biology, I would be happy to try to help answer those!

The "attitude of health personnel" refers to the overall disposition, behavior, and approach that healthcare professionals exhibit towards their patients or clients. This encompasses various aspects such as:

1. Interpersonal skills: The ability to communicate effectively, listen actively, and build rapport with patients.
2. Professionalism: Adherence to ethical principles, confidentiality, and maintaining a non-judgmental attitude.
3. Compassion and empathy: Showing genuine concern for the patient's well-being and understanding their feelings and experiences.
4. Cultural sensitivity: Respecting and acknowledging the cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and values of patients.
5. Competence: Demonstrating knowledge, skills, and expertise in providing healthcare services.
6. Collaboration: Working together with other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care for the patient.
7. Patient-centeredness: Focusing on the individual needs, preferences, and goals of the patient in the decision-making process.
8. Commitment to continuous learning and improvement: Staying updated with the latest developments in the field and seeking opportunities to enhance one's skills and knowledge.

A positive attitude of health personnel contributes significantly to patient satisfaction, adherence to treatment plans, and overall healthcare outcomes.

'Hospital Nursing Staff' refers to the group of healthcare professionals who are licensed and trained to provide nursing care to patients in a hospital setting. They work under the direction of a nurse manager or director and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers, including physicians, therapists, social workers, and other support staff.

Hospital nursing staff can include registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs) or vocational nurses (LVNs), and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) such as nursing assistants, orderlies, and patient care technicians. Their responsibilities may vary depending on their role and the needs of the patients, but they typically include:

* Administering medications and treatments prescribed by physicians
* Monitoring patients' vital signs and overall condition
* Providing emotional support and education to patients and their families
* Assisting with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and grooming
* Documenting patient care and progress in medical records
* Collaborating with other healthcare professionals to develop and implement individualized care plans.

Hospital nursing staff play a critical role in ensuring the safety, comfort, and well-being of hospitalized patients, and they are essential members of the healthcare team.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "public opinion" is not a term that has a medical definition. Public opinion refers to the collective views, attitudes, and beliefs held by a group or society about a particular issue or topic. It is typically formed through interaction, discussion, and various forms of communication within a community or population. If you have any questions related to healthcare or medicine, I'd be happy to help with those!

Professional burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when someone feels overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands, particularly in the work environment.

The symptoms of professional burnout may include:

1. Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion
2. Increased mental distance from one's job or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job
3. Reduced professional efficacy

Burnout is often characterized by a reduced sense of accomplishment and personal satisfaction in work, as well as a lack of engagement and motivation. It can lead to a variety of negative outcomes, including decreased productivity, absenteeism, and turnover, as well as physical and mental health problems.

Clinical medicine is a branch of medical practice that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in patients. It is based on the direct examination and evaluation of patients, including taking medical histories, performing physical examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and formulating treatment plans. Clinical medicine encompasses various specialties such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and neurology, among others. The goal of clinical medicine is to provide evidence-based, compassionate care to patients to improve their health outcomes and quality of life.

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another being. In a medical or clinical context, empathy refers to the healthcare provider's capacity to comprehend and respond to a patient's emotional experiences, perspectives, and concerns. Empathy involves not only cognitive understanding but also the emotional resonance with the patient's situation. It is a crucial component of the physician-patient relationship, fostering trust, satisfaction, adherence to treatment plans, and better healthcare outcomes.

Confidentiality is a legal and ethical principle in medicine that refers to the obligation of healthcare professionals to protect the personal and sensitive information of their patients. This information, which can include medical history, diagnosis, treatment plans, and other private details, is shared between the patient and the healthcare provider with the expectation that it will be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties without the patient's consent.

Confidentiality is a fundamental component of the trust relationship between patients and healthcare providers, as it helps to ensure that patients feel safe and comfortable sharing sensitive information with their doctors, nurses, and other members of their healthcare team. It also helps to protect patients' privacy rights and uphold their autonomy in making informed decisions about their healthcare.

There are some limited circumstances in which confidentiality may be breached, such as when there is a legal obligation to report certain types of information (e.g., suspected child abuse or neglect), or when the disclosure is necessary to protect the health and safety of the patient or others. However, these exceptions are typically narrowly defined and subject to strict guidelines and safeguards to ensure that confidentiality is protected as much as possible.

I'm not able to provide a medical definition of "social responsibility" as it is not a term that has a specific meaning within the field of medicine. However, I can tell you that social responsibility generally refers to the idea that individuals and organizations have a duty to act in the best interests of society and to contribute to its overall well-being. This might involve taking actions to protect the environment, promote social justice, or support the needs of vulnerable populations. In a medical context, this could mean providing care to underserved communities, engaging in public health advocacy, or conducting research that addresses important societal issues.

Physician-patient relations, also known as doctor-patient relationships, refer to the interaction and communication between healthcare professionals and their patients. This relationship is founded on trust, respect, and understanding, with the physician providing medical care and treatment based on the patient's needs and best interests. Effective physician-patient relations involve clear communication, informed consent, shared decision-making, and confidentiality. A positive and collaborative relationship can lead to better health outcomes, improved patient satisfaction, and increased adherence to treatment plans.

Patient care is a broad term that refers to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses or injuries, as well as the promotion of health and the maintenance of mental and physical well-being. It involves a wide range of services and activities, including:

1. Medical history taking and physical examination
2. Diagnostic tests and procedures
3. Treatment planning and implementation
4. Patient education and counseling
5. Collaboration with other healthcare professionals
6. Continuity of care and follow-up
7. Emotional support and empathy
8. Respect for patient autonomy and dignity
9. Advocacy for patients' rights and needs
10. Coordination of care across different settings and providers.

Patient care can be provided in various settings, such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, home health agencies, and community-based organizations. It can be delivered by a variety of healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, physician assistants, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and others.

The ultimate goal of patient care is to help patients achieve the best possible outcomes in terms of their health and well-being, while also respecting their values, preferences, and cultural backgrounds.

Hospital administration is a field of study and profession that deals with the management and leadership of hospitals and other healthcare facilities. It involves overseeing various aspects such as finance, human resources, operations, strategic planning, policy development, patient care services, and quality improvement. The main goal of hospital administration is to ensure that the organization runs smoothly, efficiently, and effectively while meeting its mission, vision, and values. Hospital administrators work closely with medical staff, board members, patients, and other stakeholders to make informed decisions that promote high-quality care, patient safety, and organizational growth. They may hold various titles such as CEO, COO, CFO, Director of Nursing, or Department Manager, depending on the size and structure of the healthcare facility.

Health care surveys are research tools used to systematically collect information from a population or sample regarding their experiences, perceptions, and knowledge of health services, health outcomes, and various other health-related topics. These surveys typically consist of standardized questionnaires that cover specific aspects of healthcare, such as access to care, quality of care, patient satisfaction, health disparities, and healthcare costs. The data gathered from health care surveys are used to inform policy decisions, improve healthcare delivery, identify best practices, allocate resources, and monitor the health status of populations. Health care surveys can be conducted through various modes, including in-person interviews, telephone interviews, mail-in questionnaires, or online platforms.

In a medical context, documentation refers to the process of recording and maintaining written or electronic records of a patient's health status, medical history, treatment plans, medications, and other relevant information. The purpose of medical documentation is to provide clear and accurate communication among healthcare providers, to support clinical decision-making, to ensure continuity of care, to meet legal and regulatory requirements, and to facilitate research and quality improvement initiatives.

Medical documentation typically includes various types of records such as:

1. Patient's demographic information, including name, date of birth, gender, and contact details.
2. Medical history, including past illnesses, surgeries, allergies, and family medical history.
3. Physical examination findings, laboratory and diagnostic test results, and diagnoses.
4. Treatment plans, including medications, therapies, procedures, and follow-up care.
5. Progress notes, which document the patient's response to treatment and any changes in their condition over time.
6. Consultation notes, which record communication between healthcare providers regarding a patient's care.
7. Discharge summaries, which provide an overview of the patient's hospital stay, including diagnoses, treatments, and follow-up plans.

Medical documentation must be clear, concise, accurate, and timely, and it should adhere to legal and ethical standards. Healthcare providers are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of patients' medical records and ensuring that they are accessible only to authorized personnel.

Clinical competence is the ability of a healthcare professional to provide safe and effective patient care, demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for the job. It involves the integration of theoretical knowledge with practical skills, judgment, and decision-making abilities in real-world clinical situations. Clinical competence is typically evaluated through various methods such as direct observation, case studies, simulations, and feedback from peers and supervisors.

A clinically competent healthcare professional should be able to:

1. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the relevant medical knowledge and its application in clinical practice.
2. Perform essential clinical skills proficiently and safely.
3. Communicate effectively with patients, families, and other healthcare professionals.
4. Make informed decisions based on critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
5. Exhibit professionalism, ethical behavior, and cultural sensitivity in patient care.
6. Continuously evaluate and improve their performance through self-reflection and ongoing learning.

Maintaining clinical competence is essential for healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible outcomes for their patients and stay current with advances in medical science and technology.

In the medical context, communication refers to the process of exchanging information, ideas, or feelings between two or more individuals in order to facilitate understanding, cooperation, and decision-making. Effective communication is critical in healthcare settings to ensure that patients receive accurate diagnoses, treatment plans, and follow-up care. It involves not only verbal and written communication but also nonverbal cues such as body language and facial expressions.

Healthcare providers must communicate clearly and empathetically with their patients to build trust, address concerns, and ensure that they understand their medical condition and treatment options. Similarly, healthcare teams must communicate effectively with each other to coordinate care, avoid errors, and provide the best possible outcomes for their patients. Communication skills are essential for all healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, therapists, and social workers.

Interprofessional relations, in the context of healthcare, refers to the interactions and collaborative practices between different healthcare professionals (such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists, social workers, etc.) when providing care for patients. It involves developing and maintaining positive and effective communication, respect, trust, and collaboration among various healthcare disciplines to ensure coordinated, safe, and high-quality patient care. The goal of interprofessional relations is to enhance collaborative practice, improve patient outcomes, and promote a supportive work environment.

In the context of healthcare, workload refers to the amount and complexity of tasks or responsibilities that a healthcare professional is expected to perform within a given period. This can include direct patient care activities such as physical assessments, treatments, and procedures, as well as indirect care activities like documentation, communication with other healthcare team members, and quality improvement initiatives.

Workload can be measured in various ways, including the number of patients assigned to a provider, the amount of time spent on direct patient care, or the complexity of the medical conditions being managed. High workloads can impact the quality of care provided, as well as healthcare professional burnout and job satisfaction. Therefore, it is essential to monitor and manage workload effectively to ensure safe and high-quality patient care.

Decision Support Systems (DSS), Clinical are interactive computer-based information systems that help health care professionals and patients make informed clinical decisions. These systems use patient-specific data and clinical knowledge to generate patient-centered recommendations. They are designed to augment the decision-making abilities of clinicians, providing evidence-based suggestions while allowing for the integration of professional expertise, patient preferences, and values. Clinical DSS can support various aspects of healthcare delivery, including diagnosis, treatment planning, resource allocation, and quality improvement. They may incorporate a range of technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics, to facilitate the processing and interpretation of complex clinical information.

I apologize, but "Alberta" is not a medical term. It is the name of a province in Canada, located in western Canada, and is known for its vast prairies, mountains, and coniferous forests. It is bordered by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, as well as the Northwest Territories to the north, and the US state of Montana to the south.

If you have any questions related to medical terminology or health-related topics, I would be happy to try to help answer them for you.

A "Teaching Hospital" is a healthcare institution that provides medical education and training to future healthcare professionals, such as medical students, residents, and fellows. These hospitals are often affiliated with medical schools or universities and have a strong focus on research and innovation in addition to patient care. They typically have a larger staff of specialized doctors and medical professionals who can provide comprehensive care for complex and rare medical conditions. Teaching hospitals also serve as important resources for their communities, providing access to advanced medical treatments and contributing to the development of new healthcare technologies and practices.

In the context of healthcare, "safety" refers to the freedom from harm or injury that is intentionally designed into a process, system, or environment. It involves the prevention of adverse events or injuries, as well as the reduction of risk and the mitigation of harm when accidents do occur. Safety in healthcare aims to protect patients, healthcare workers, and other stakeholders from potential harm associated with medical care, treatments, or procedures. This is achieved through evidence-based practices, guidelines, protocols, training, and continuous quality improvement efforts.

I'm assuming you are asking for a definition of "medical students." Here it is:

Medical students are individuals who are enrolled in a program of study to become medical doctors. They typically complete four years of undergraduate education before entering a medical school, where they spend another four years studying basic sciences and clinical medicine. After completing medical school, they become physicians (M.D.) and continue their training through residency programs in their chosen specialties. Some medical students may choose to pursue a research career and complete a Ph.D. during or after medical school.

Data collection in the medical context refers to the systematic gathering of information relevant to a specific research question or clinical situation. This process involves identifying and recording data elements, such as demographic characteristics, medical history, physical examination findings, laboratory results, and imaging studies, from various sources including patient interviews, medical records, and diagnostic tests. The data collected is used to support clinical decision-making, inform research hypotheses, and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments or interventions. It is essential that data collection is performed in a standardized and unbiased manner to ensure the validity and reliability of the results.

Reproducibility of results in a medical context refers to the ability to obtain consistent and comparable findings when a particular experiment or study is repeated, either by the same researcher or by different researchers, following the same experimental protocol. It is an essential principle in scientific research that helps to ensure the validity and reliability of research findings.

In medical research, reproducibility of results is crucial for establishing the effectiveness and safety of new treatments, interventions, or diagnostic tools. It involves conducting well-designed studies with adequate sample sizes, appropriate statistical analyses, and transparent reporting of methods and findings to allow other researchers to replicate the study and confirm or refute the results.

The lack of reproducibility in medical research has become a significant concern in recent years, as several high-profile studies have failed to produce consistent findings when replicated by other researchers. This has led to increased scrutiny of research practices and a call for greater transparency, rigor, and standardization in the conduct and reporting of medical research.

Quality of health care is a term that refers to the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge. It encompasses various aspects such as:

1. Clinical effectiveness: The use of best available evidence to make decisions about prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care. This includes considering the benefits and harms of different options and making sure that the most effective interventions are used.
2. Safety: Preventing harm to patients and minimizing risks associated with healthcare. This involves identifying potential hazards, implementing measures to reduce errors, and learning from adverse events to improve systems and processes.
3. Patient-centeredness: Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values. This includes ensuring that patients are fully informed about their condition and treatment options, involving them in decision-making, and providing emotional support throughout the care process.
4. Timeliness: Ensuring that healthcare services are delivered promptly and efficiently, without unnecessary delays. This includes coordinating care across different providers and settings to ensure continuity and avoid gaps in service.
5. Efficiency: Using resources wisely and avoiding waste, while still providing high-quality care. This involves considering the costs and benefits of different interventions, as well as ensuring that healthcare services are equitably distributed.
6. Equitability: Ensuring that all individuals have access to quality healthcare services, regardless of their socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, age, or other factors. This includes addressing disparities in health outcomes and promoting fairness and justice in healthcare.

Overall, the quality of health care is a multidimensional concept that requires ongoing evaluation and improvement to ensure that patients receive the best possible care.

A questionnaire in the medical context is a standardized, systematic, and structured tool used to gather information from individuals regarding their symptoms, medical history, lifestyle, or other health-related factors. It typically consists of a series of written questions that can be either self-administered or administered by an interviewer. Questionnaires are widely used in various areas of healthcare, including clinical research, epidemiological studies, patient care, and health services evaluation to collect data that can inform diagnosis, treatment planning, and population health management. They provide a consistent and organized method for obtaining information from large groups or individual patients, helping to ensure accurate and comprehensive data collection while minimizing bias and variability in the information gathered.

A medical audit is a systematic review and evaluation of the quality of medical care against established standards to see if it is being delivered efficiently, effectively, and equitably. It is a quality improvement process that aims to improve patient care and outcomes by identifying gaps between actual and desired practice, and implementing changes to close those gaps. Medical audits can focus on various aspects of healthcare delivery, including diagnosis, treatment, medication use, and follow-up care. The ultimate goal of medical audits is to ensure that patients receive the best possible care based on current evidence and best practices.

Decision support techniques are methods used to help individuals or groups make informed and effective decisions in a medical context. These techniques can involve various approaches, such as:

1. **Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS):** Computerized systems that provide clinicians with patient-specific information and evidence-based recommendations to assist in decision-making. CDSS can be integrated into electronic health records (EHRs) or standalone applications.

2. **Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM):** A systematic approach to clinical decision-making that involves the integration of best available research evidence, clinician expertise, and patient values and preferences. EBM emphasizes the importance of using high-quality scientific studies to inform medical decisions.

3. **Diagnostic Reasoning:** The process of formulating a diagnosis based on history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests. Diagnostic reasoning techniques may include pattern recognition, hypothetico-deductive reasoning, or a combination of both.

4. **Predictive Modeling:** The use of statistical models to predict patient outcomes based on historical data and clinical variables. These models can help clinicians identify high-risk patients and inform treatment decisions.

5. **Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA):** An economic evaluation technique that compares the costs and benefits of different medical interventions to determine which option provides the most value for money. CEA can assist decision-makers in allocating resources efficiently.

6. **Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA):** A structured approach to decision-making that involves identifying, evaluating, and comparing multiple criteria or objectives. MCDA can help clinicians and patients make complex decisions by accounting for various factors, such as efficacy, safety, cost, and patient preferences.

7. **Shared Decision-Making (SDM):** A collaborative approach to decision-making that involves the clinician and patient working together to choose the best course of action based on the available evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values and preferences. SDM aims to empower patients to participate actively in their care.

These techniques can be used individually or in combination to support medical decision-making and improve patient outcomes.

In the context of medical education, a curriculum refers to the planned and organized sequence of experiences and learning opportunities designed to achieve specific educational goals and objectives. It outlines the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that medical students or trainees are expected to acquire during their training program. The curriculum may include various components such as lectures, small group discussions, clinical rotations, simulations, and other experiential learning activities. It is typically developed and implemented by medical education experts and faculty members in consultation with stakeholders, including learners, practitioners, and patients.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Organizational Culture" is a term commonly used in the field of organizational studies and management, rather than in medical terminology. It refers to the shared values, beliefs, practices, customs, and traditions that shape the behavior and attitudes of members within an organization.

However, I can provide you with a definition related to healthcare:

"Organizational Culture in Healthcare" often refers to the unique social and psychological environment or climate within a healthcare organization, which influences the way its employees and managers think, feel, and behave. This culture is frequently reflected in the organization's policies, practices, and decision-making processes, as well as in its approach to patient care, safety, quality, and staff development. A positive organizational culture in healthcare can contribute to improved patient outcomes, increased job satisfaction, and reduced staff turnover.

The "delivery of health care" refers to the process of providing medical services, treatments, and interventions to individuals in order to maintain, restore, or improve their health. This encompasses a wide range of activities, including:

1. Preventive care: Routine check-ups, screenings, immunizations, and counseling aimed at preventing illnesses or identifying them at an early stage.
2. Diagnostic services: Tests and procedures used to identify and understand medical conditions, such as laboratory tests, imaging studies, and biopsies.
3. Treatment interventions: Medical, surgical, or therapeutic treatments provided to manage acute or chronic health issues, including medications, surgeries, physical therapy, and psychotherapy.
4. Acute care services: Short-term medical interventions focused on addressing immediate health concerns, such as hospitalizations for infections, injuries, or complications from medical conditions.
5. Chronic care management: Long-term care and support provided to individuals with ongoing medical needs, such as those living with chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, or cancer.
6. Rehabilitation services: Programs designed to help patients recover from illnesses, injuries, or surgeries, focusing on restoring physical, cognitive, and emotional function.
7. End-of-life care: Palliative and hospice care provided to individuals facing terminal illnesses, with an emphasis on comfort, dignity, and quality of life.
8. Public health initiatives: Population-level interventions aimed at improving community health, such as disease prevention programs, health education campaigns, and environmental modifications.

The delivery of health care involves a complex network of healthcare professionals, institutions, and systems working together to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. This includes primary care physicians, specialists, nurses, allied health professionals, hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and public health organizations. Effective communication, coordination, and collaboration among these stakeholders are essential for high-quality, patient-centered care.

Medical education, undergraduate, refers to the initial formal educational phase in which students learn the basic sciences and clinical skills required to become a physician. In the United States, this typically involves completing a four-year Bachelor's degree followed by four years of medical school. The first two years of medical school are primarily focused on classroom instruction in subjects such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and pathology. The final two years involve clinical rotations, during which students work directly with patients under the supervision of licensed physicians. After completing medical school, graduates must then complete a residency program in their chosen specialty before they are eligible to practice medicine independently.

"Terminology as a topic" in the context of medical education and practice refers to the study and use of specialized language and terms within the field of medicine. This includes understanding the meaning, origins, and appropriate usage of medical terminology in order to effectively communicate among healthcare professionals and with patients. It may also involve studying the evolution and cultural significance of medical terminology. The importance of "terminology as a topic" lies in promoting clear and accurate communication, which is essential for providing safe and effective patient care.

Patient satisfaction is a concept in healthcare quality measurement that reflects the patient's perspective and evaluates their experience with the healthcare services they have received. It is a multidimensional construct that includes various aspects such as interpersonal mannerisms of healthcare providers, technical competence, accessibility, timeliness, comfort, and communication.

Patient satisfaction is typically measured through standardized surveys or questionnaires that ask patients to rate their experiences on various aspects of care. The results are often used to assess the quality of care provided by healthcare organizations, identify areas for improvement, and inform policy decisions. However, it's important to note that patient satisfaction is just one aspect of healthcare quality and should be considered alongside other measures such as clinical outcomes and patient safety.

Health services research (HSR) is a multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviors affect access to healthcare, the quality and cost of care, and ultimately, our health and well-being. The goal of HSR is to inform policy and practice, improve system performance, and enhance the health and well-being of individuals and communities. It involves the use of various research methods, including epidemiology, biostatistics, economics, sociology, management science, political science, and psychology, to answer questions about the healthcare system and how it can be improved.

Examples of HSR topics include:

* Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different healthcare interventions and technologies
* Studying patient-centered care and patient experiences with the healthcare system
* Examining healthcare workforce issues, such as shortages of primary care providers or the impact of nurse-to-patient ratios on patient outcomes
* Investigating the impact of health insurance design and financing systems on access to care and health disparities
* Analyzing the organization and delivery of healthcare services in different settings, such as hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities
* Identifying best practices for improving healthcare quality and safety, reducing medical errors, and eliminating wasteful or unnecessary care.

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "Japan" is not a medical term. Japan is the name of a country, officially known as Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku in Japanese, and is located in East Asia. It is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean with a population of about 126 million people.

If you have any medical questions or terms that you would like me to define, please let me know!

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  • A 2006 study found that medication errors are among the most common medical mistakes, harming at least 1.5 million people every year. (wikipedia.org)
  • When mistakes multiply: how inadequate responses to medical mishaps erode trust in American medicine. (ahrq.gov)
  • To mitigate risk, MLMIC examines common sources of medical errors such as medication mistakes, lack of communication and workplace distractions. (mlmic.com)
  • The American Hospital Association says the guilty verdict for a nurse who made a medication error "discourages health caregivers from coming forward with their mistakes. (mlmic.com)
  • LOS ANGELES - The recent chatter on a popular social networking site dealt with a problem often overlooked in medicine: mistakes in patients' medical charts. (blogspot.com)
  • That's because medical mistakes made by doctors, specialists, nurses, and other health care providers can have disastrous consequences for victims and their families. (njlawyers.com)
  • Many result from minor mistakes in medical records - and they can cause some the most severe and profound consequences. (njlawyers.com)
  • That's due to not only initial mistakes, but also the fact that they are often unaddressed and repeated, leading to errors in diagnosis and treatment. (njlawyers.com)
  • Errors made in dictating or writing medical notes, including mistakes that discuss injuries or conditions affecting the incorrect side of the body or an incorrect body part - such as records that state issues with the left leg rather than the right. (njlawyers.com)
  • Because even minor mistakes can have such serious consequences, meticulousness in these evaluations, as well as insight and experience, are crucial to protecting the rights of patients who were harmed by errors that should have been identified, or never have happened in the first place. (njlawyers.com)
  • In many hospitals, it's routine to charge patients for treatment needed to correct medical mistakes, such as retrieving objects left behind in surgery. (heartland.org)
  • Dr. Danielle Ofri, author of When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error, says medical mistakes are likely to increase as resource-strapped hospitals treat a rapid influx of COVID-19 patients. (wshu.org)
  • Ofri's new book, When We Do Harm , explores health care system flaws that foster mistakes - many of which are committed by caring, conscientious medical providers. (wshu.org)
  • Ofri says the reporting of errors - including the "near misses" - is key to improving the system, but she says that shame and guilt prevent medical personnel from admitting their mistakes. (wshu.org)
  • Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists have higher suicide rates, because of medical mistakes and the resulting lack of support, Cropp said. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • How dangerous are medical mistakes? (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • While medical mistakes may not actually be the third leading cause of death in America, they are an important cause of distress and disability. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • Some of the mistakes highlighted on this four-page handout have more serious consequences than others, but none of these preventable errors should occur. (chop.edu)
  • For more than a decade, we have devoted a large part of our law practice to standing up for the rights of people injured by medical mistakes . (mpshq.com)
  • EHR mistakes can lead to errors in medication prescriptions, treatments and diagnosis. (pfaffgill.com)
  • Today, we learn that nothing has changed and that patients are suffering needless injuries and deaths from preventable medical mistakes . (citizen.org)
  • The IOM's 1999 landmark report, "To Err is Human," dropped the first bombshell, reporting that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die in hospitals each year from medical mistakes, costing an estimated $17 billion to $29 billion annually. (citizen.org)
  • HHS' new finding that medical mistakes kill 15,000 Medicare patients a month equates to 180,000 Medicare deaths per year - more than the IOM's estimate, which attempted to cover all patients in the United States. (citizen.org)
  • Pathology Test Errors and Surgical Mistakes Prompt Government Scrutiny The string of surgical and medical errors linked to deficiencies in anatomic pathology testing is what prompted Canadian pathologists to form this council. (darkdaily.com)
  • According to an article in the Vancouver Sun, studies show that "clinically significant errors-mistakes that harm patients-occur in about 1% of diagnosis by pathologists. (darkdaily.com)
  • Add CPT® codes , the five-character Current Procedural Terminology codes that are the U.S. standard for the way medical professionals document and report medical, surgical, laboratory, radiology, anesthesiology and E/M (evaluation and management) services, to the equation, and the coder's job becomes even more complex, with a greater chance for making mistakes. (mticollege.edu)
  • Mistakes and medical errors are unavoidable. (medscape.com)
  • The word error in medicine is used as a label for nearly all of the clinical incidents that harm patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • A prescription or medication error, as defined by the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention, is an event that is preventable that leads to or has led to unsuitable use of medication or has led to harm to the person during the period of time that the medicine is controlled by a clinician, the person, or the consumer. (wikipedia.org)
  • The IOM Committee concluded that tens of thousands of Americans die each year as a result of medical errors, and that even larger numbers suffer temporary or permanent harm. (medscape.com)
  • There are several ways in which diagnostic errors can cause a patient to suffer harm or develop life-threatening conditions. (articlecity.com)
  • By the time the doctor would realize his or her error, the patient could be suffering from irreparable harm. (articlecity.com)
  • Once we prove that there was a diagnostic error, we must also prove that the error caused an additional injury or harm that could have been avoided. (articlecity.com)
  • The researchers worry, however, that their number is actually an underestimate - that medical harm kills even more patients than we're currently able to count. (vox.com)
  • When a patient dies as a result of medical harm, there's no regulator that has to get notified - the hospital doesn't send off paperwork about the error that occurred. (vox.com)
  • This makes estimating the frequency of medical harm very difficult - and researchers generally believe that their figures underestimate the prevalence of harm. (vox.com)
  • Among the hundreds of thousands of injuries caused by medical errors and the roughly 250,000 deaths they result in each year (making them the third leading cause of death in the U.S.), many medical errors harm patients in less-than-obvious ways. (njlawyers.com)
  • While there may be a number of reasons why errors in medical records can occur - from the complexity of health care recordkeeping, new technology, and human errors to providers being short on time or overly focused on billing, regulatory oversight, and finances - there is no understating their potential for causing preventable harm. (njlawyers.com)
  • Errors regarding patient health history (including genetics, known allergies, and family history of medical ailments) that may cause providers to fail in exploring potential issues or conditions, failures to diagnose a condition that should have been diagnosed, or providing treatment that could exacerbate existing conditions and cause patients further harm. (njlawyers.com)
  • Dr. Danielle Ofri considers that question in her book, When We Do Harm: A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • However, in all cases (anesthesia), intubation errors could occur, resulting in serious harm or even death. (biklaw.com)
  • When (anesthesia) intubation errors occur, patients that suffer harm or those who have lost a loved one as a result may have a case for medical malpractice. (biklaw.com)
  • When (anesthesia) intubation errors result in harm or death, patients and their loved ones have the option to pursue a medical malpractice claim, and they may need to in order to cover medical, funerary, and other related expenses. (biklaw.com)
  • In addition, errors related to medications harm 1.5 million people a year and cost another $3.5 billion to treat. (attorney4life.com)
  • Monitoring is an important part of the observation, as a doctor or nursing error during observation could result in significant harm or death. (biklaw.com)
  • If you've suffered harm as a result of doctor or nursing error or anesthesia error related to failure to monitor, or such errors resulted in the death of a loved one, you have grounds to pursue a medical malpractice lawsuit and seek compensation. (biklaw.com)
  • The Swiss Cheese Model is often used in commercial aviation and health care to demonstrate that a single "sharp-end" (e.g., the pilot who operates the plane or the surgeon who makes the incision) error is rarely enough to cause harm. (kevinmd.com)
  • Organizations' goal is to shrink the holes in the Swiss Cheese (latent errors) through multiple overlapping layers of protection to decrease the probability that the holes will align and cause harm. (kevinmd.com)
  • Will whatever errors I made today, or whatever errors I will inevitably make tomorrow, cause my patients any harm? (medscape.com)
  • In the UK, an estimated 850,000 medical errors occur each year, costing over £2 billion (estimated in the year 2000). (wikipedia.org)
  • When intubation errors occur, there could be a number of consequences for the patient, from cuts and bruises, to the cessation of breathing due to lack of oxygen flow. (biklaw.com)
  • Errors could also occur in patients who have had a tracheotomy or patients who have a small or abnormally shaped mouth or throat. (biklaw.com)
  • have the expertise to help you secure maximum compensation when (anesthesia) intubation errors occur. (biklaw.com)
  • The headline emphasizes the lack of governmental oversight, but I'd rather talk about the poor system design that allows deadly errors to occur. (leanblog.org)
  • During surgery, multiple medical professionals must work together to ensure that no complications or serious errors occur. (mpshq.com)
  • EHR could prevent the common dangerous situations where errors occur because a doctor in a hurry made incomplete notes, wrote illegibly or did not receive the patient record in time. (pfaffgill.com)
  • During the course of treatment, one of the most common errors that can occur is one involving medication. (medlaw1.com)
  • It's inevitable that errors occur - especially when dealing with the thousands of codes a medical biller or coder is expected to know. (mticollege.edu)
  • As a survivor of medical errors and misdiagnosis who was lucky enough to survive cancer twice, even though it cost me my tongue, teeth, lymph nodes and the floor of mouth, doctors need to be held accountable and responsible for their careless errors resulting in life altering damages and even death. (change.org)
  • We must prove that there was a diagnostic error, either through failing to order diagnostic tests, a misdiagnosis, or a delayed diagnosis. (articlecity.com)
  • Without access to a patient's medical record, it is far too easy for a doctor to prescribe the wrong drug or overlook a previous test that should send up red flags. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • Urgent care providers might not always have access to a patient's complete medical history, which can lead to inaccuracies in diagnoses, treatments, and coding. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Errors in documentation and records transmitted between physicians, hospitals, labs and testing services, pharmacies , and other providers, which can result in oversight of diagnosable and treatable conditions, medication errors, and other adverse patient consequences. (njlawyers.com)
  • Minnesota's hospitals have formally agreed to stop charging patients and insurance companies for certain medical errors, such as operating on the wrong body part. (heartland.org)
  • Last year, Minnesota hospitals reported 154 such problems, mostly bedsores and surgical errors, out of 8 million patient visits, according to the Hospital Association. (heartland.org)
  • Becase of Cropp and Christopher Jerry speaking together and separately, many hospitals have made changes to reduce their error rates. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • When hospitals are overstressed and understaffed, as they have been during the COVID-19 pandemic, medical errors are hardly surprising. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • Another problem that can lead to errors is that many hospitals and other facilities are still in the process of implementing EHR and integrating it with a paper record system. (pfaffgill.com)
  • As EHR developers continue to work on the technical side, there are several steps hospitals can take to reduce errors and protect their patients. (pfaffgill.com)
  • More than a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) alerted the nation to a crisis of medical errors in hospitals. (citizen.org)
  • According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, skilled nursing care facilities have a higher rate of medical errors than hospitals. (galfandberger.com)
  • The ICD-10 codes that you, as a medical coder, use make it easy to share and compare patient medical information among various hospitals, regions and providers. (mticollege.edu)
  • According to a new hospital report, deadly medical errors have declined in hospitals, a benefit that may have saved 87,000 lives since 2010. (rhllaw.com)
  • However, getting hospitals to adopt practices that reduce medical errors has been difficult partly because existing financial incentives failed to reward physicians and hospital staff for improving quality. (rhllaw.com)
  • In spite of an increased focus on patient safety and a spotlighting of medical errors, every year, Hawaii medical malpractice lawyers find that a large number of medical errors go unreported in American hospitals. (davislevin.com)
  • According to research by the Department Of Health And Human Services, even after the error is reported, hospitals rarely take steps to prevent the error from occurring again. (davislevin.com)
  • Hospitals are required to report medical errors in order to retain eligibility for Medicare funding. (davislevin.com)
  • Many hospitals now have fully established adverse event reporting systems in place to encourage staff members to report errors. (davislevin.com)
  • It's not as if hospitals are unaware that staff members are not reporting errors properly. (davislevin.com)
  • According to society, many hospitals are aware that doctors and nurses fail to adequately report errors. (davislevin.com)
  • A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of care ("iatrogenesis"), whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some adverse drug events can also be related to medication errors. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, the reviewers were asked to indicate whether each adverse event could have been caused by a reasonably avoidable error, defined as a mistake in performance or thought. (medscape.com)
  • and 14 (4.1%) were reports of adverse events, not errors. (nih.gov)
  • For example, Bill Borden with KPMG, says: "I don't think it's necessarily big data that reduces prescribing errors, but more of a matter of e-prescribing and having systems that can flag adverse drug events. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Rare adverse medical events in VA inpatient care: reliability limits to using patient safety indicators as performance measures. (ahrq.gov)
  • This article explores the association between medical errors and adverse events, challenges current ideas about what comprises a medical error, and considers the concept of moral luck in the context of medical errors. (ahrq.gov)
  • A recent study attributed over half of adverse events associated with surgical care to cognitive error. (mlmic.com)
  • Errors in documentation of medications, which can result in medication errors, adverse drug reactions, dosage errors, and injuries. (njlawyers.com)
  • She notes that many errors go unreported, especially "near misses," in which a mistake was made, but the patient didn't suffer an adverse response. (wshu.org)
  • It's not as if errors are not being reported because hospital staff is afraid of the consequences of reporting an adverse event. (davislevin.com)
  • Other adverse events were so rare that the staff believed that the errors were not likely to be repeated, and therefore, did not need to be reported. (davislevin.com)
  • We conduct searches in Scielo databases and SciELO Public Health, from medical error descriptors, adverse events and malpractice in January 2003 publications to November 2012, in Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • Of these, 14 refer to the terms medical error, 42 to adverse events and 2 for malpractice. (bvsalud.org)
  • Sometimes the information gets jotted down in the patient's medical record, but even that is not a certainty. (vox.com)
  • Medical errors are often described as human preventable errors in healthcare. (wikipedia.org)
  • Whether the label is a medical error or human error, one definition used in medicine says that it occurs when a healthcare provider chooses an inappropriate method of care, improperly executes an appropriate method of care, or reads the wrong CT scan. (wikipedia.org)
  • This medical error taxonomy, developed from self-reports of errors observed by family physicians during their routine clinical practice, emphasizes problems in healthcare processes and acknowledges medical errors arising from shortfalls in clinical knowledge and skills. (nih.gov)
  • Our Tennessee medical malpractice attorney helps individuals seek compensation for their injuries from a negligent healthcare provider and from their insurance company. (articlecity.com)
  • Proving a doctor or healthcare provider is guilty of medical malpractice for a diagnostic error can be difficult. (articlecity.com)
  • To prevent COVID-19-related diagnostic errors, physicians and healthcare organizations must address cognitive biases that are often present during clinical decision-making. (mlmic.com)
  • Urgent care centers provide accessible and timely healthcare services for various non-life-threatening medical concerns outside regular office hours, including evenings and weekends. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Preventable medical errors, which are caused when a healthcare provider either chooses an inappropriate treatment or chooses the appropriate treatment but executes it incorrectly, are conservatively estimated to injure 1.5 million people every year and to cost $19.5 billion in additional treat-ment. (attorney4life.com)
  • One way to prevent errors is to have everyone involved in vaccine administration in your healthcare setting review IAC's educational handout, Don't Be Guilty of These Preventable Errors in Vaccine Administration . (chop.edu)
  • Medical billers and coders are crucial to the healthcare industry. (mticollege.edu)
  • According to Healthcare Business and Technology , doctors lose $125 billion each year because of poor medical billing systems and errors. (mticollege.edu)
  • The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which issued the report, has tracked medical errors since 2010. (rhllaw.com)
  • A number of authors have very courageously published the proportion of medication errors they are seeing within their healthcare settings. (medscape.com)
  • But to have the courage to try to understand how your healthcare setting may or may not be attacking medication errors in the most aggressive way is a very courageous act. (medscape.com)
  • Children are often more vulnerable to a negative outcome when a medication error occurs as they have age-related differences in how their bodies absorb, metabolize, and excrete pharmaceutical agents. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is a higher suicide rate among providers who make errors, such as a nurse in Seattle who killed herself in 2011, 7 months after making a medication error that contributed to death of an eight-month-old baby. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • What is a medication error? (medscape.com)
  • For example, there is controversy about whether prescribing too-high doses of penicillin and amoxicillin constitute a medication error. (medscape.com)
  • This can result in a range of consequences involving care, and in the most serious cases may result in wrong-site surgeries and other surgical errors . (njlawyers.com)
  • According to a legal expert, the UAE law is unflinching when it comes to fixing responsibility for medical negligence and malpractice. (gulfnews.com)
  • Mohammad Al Marzooqui, lawyer at Dubai-based law firm Mohamed Al Marzooqi Advocates & Consultancy, said: "Our office receives phone calls daily from patients complaining about medical negligence, and sometimes from medical practitioners too seeking legal aid to defend medical malpractice cases and show that the treatment plan provided was according to the applied medical procedure. (gulfnews.com)
  • According to him, "Medical errors are caused due to negligence on the part of the medical practitioner. (gulfnews.com)
  • Negligence is defined as failure to exercise the same reasonable care that would be expected from a reasonably skilled medical practitioner in the same situation. (gulfnews.com)
  • At Steve German, A Law Firm, we offer compassionate and experienced representation to individuals and families who have suffered physical and financial injuries as the result of a medical professional's negligence during surgery. (mpshq.com)
  • However, if an infection results from a failure to maintain a sterile hospital or office, it could be medical negligence. (medlaw1.com)
  • If you've been injured as a result of medical negligence, you should consult with an experienced medical malpractice attorney. (medlaw1.com)
  • Medical errors affect one in 10 patients worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Criticism has included the statistical handling of measurement errors in the report, and significant subjectivity in determining which deaths were "avoidable" or due to medical error, and an erroneous assumption that 100% of patients would have survived if optimal care had been provided. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ten errors resulted in patients being admitted to hospital and one patient died. (nih.gov)
  • DUBAI: The tragic news of a 42-year-old Indian woman who died during a hip replacement surgery and another Emirati woman, 24, going into a coma after a nose job in Dubai has raised several questions on what recourse patients and their families have if something goes wrong in the course of medical treatment in the UAE. (gulfnews.com)
  • He said, "The UAE is constantly making efforts to protect patients as well as doctors by revising and amending the existing Medical Liability Law, Federal Law No. 10 of 2008. (gulfnews.com)
  • Failing to order diagnostic tests is one of the errors that can lead to injuries and death for patients. (articlecity.com)
  • They're called "pressure ulcers" in medical jargon, and are the open wounds that patients develop when they have not moved for long periods of time. (vox.com)
  • They estimate that more than a quarter of a million U.S. hospital patients die each year as a result of a medical error, making it the third leading cause of death, behind only heart disease and cancer . (forbes.com)
  • Errors as seemingly minor as misspelling can have unintended consequences, such as misleading future health care providers when treating patients, impacting how a practice codes and bills a service, or even confuse patients when reviewing records. (njlawyers.com)
  • Misidentification of patients or errors in recordkeeping that leads to patients receiving care or treatment that should have been provided to another patient, or not receiving the treatment they need. (njlawyers.com)
  • When patients suffer injuries and illnesses they suspect were caused by medical malpractice, in-depth evaluations and medical record reviews become critical. (njlawyers.com)
  • In normal (non-COVID-19) times, patients should be encouraged to bring an advocate with them to any important medical encounter. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • The central aim of an urgent care clinic is to provide immediate medical attention to unscheduled, ambulatory patients dealing with acute or episodic illnesses or injuries. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Before a medical professional is allowed to intubate patients, they must have proper training and experience to ensure patient safety. (biklaw.com)
  • It could be related to anesthesia errors for patients undergoing surgery. (biklaw.com)
  • Or even worse, they might begin to describe errors with multiple vaccines or multiple patients or both. (chop.edu)
  • But perhaps the most startling finding by HHS is that a significant number of patients suffered injuries or died needlessly, as 44 percent of the medical errors were preventable. (citizen.org)
  • Patients place their lives in the hands of doctors and other medical professionals. (medlaw1.com)
  • A Cook County jury signed a verdict after answering a special interrogatory in this medical malpractice case related to the prescription of a drug Adriamycin , which is given to cancer patients for chemotherapy and is known to cause heart damage as one of its risks. (robertkreisman.com)
  • It found that 121 of 1,000 patients who experienced hospital stays in 2014 suffered hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) that resulted from error. (rhllaw.com)
  • Since patients who get sick due to an error require longer hospitalizations that result in more revenue, the financial incentives perversely can reward poor care. (rhllaw.com)
  • Medical Errors in Patients With CKD: Know Your Numbers! (medscape.com)
  • Today I am going to talk about medical errors in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). (medscape.com)
  • Safety experts and national guidelines recommend disclosing harmful medical errors to patients . (bvsalud.org)
  • Communicating with patients and families about errors respects their autonomy, supports informed decisionmaking, may decrease malpractice costs , and can enhance patient safety . (bvsalud.org)
  • Yet existing disclosure guidelines may not account for the difficulty in discussing out-of- hospital errors with patients . (bvsalud.org)
  • Emergency medical services ( EMS ) providers operate in unpredictable environments that require rapid interventions for patients with whom they have only brief relationships. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2000 alone, the extra medical costs incurred by preventable drug-related injuries approximated $887 million-and the study looked only at injuries sustained by Medicare recipients, a subset of clinic visitors. (wikipedia.org)
  • involved judgments by the physicians reviewing medical records about whether the injuries were caused by errors. (medscape.com)
  • Many injuries, and most errors, are not recorded in the medical record, either by intent or by inattention, or, more likely, because they are not recognized. (medscape.com)
  • In these chapters, the author reviews the statistics related to injuries and deaths resulting from medical error, details best practices using UI's Seven Pillars approach to prevent medical errors, and provides the framework to visualize the human factor reengineering designed to avoid medical errors, and much more. (athealth.com)
  • At Levinson Axelrod, P.A., our New Jersey medical malpractice attorneys carefully review our clients' medical records for any potential errors or red flags that may have contributed to their injuries and damages, and which can form the basis of evidence to be used in their lawsuits. (njlawyers.com)
  • However, bringing a lawsuit to recover financial compensation for your injuries will not only help you meet your constantly increasing medical bills, it will also hold the negligent surgeon, nurse, anesthesiologist or other medical professional accountable for the errors they made, and help prevent similar errors from happening to someone else. (mpshq.com)
  • To develop a preliminary taxonomy of primary care medical errors. (nih.gov)
  • WHO is preparing a standardized nomenclature and taxonomy of medical errors and health-care system failures, building on its experience of country comparisons, existing programmes for product and service safety, and the work of institutions such as the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring in Uppsala, Sweden. (who.int)
  • Unfortunately, the IOM numbers, shocking as they are, probably under estimate the extent of preventable medical injury, for 2 important reasons. (medscape.com)
  • Organizational costs of preventable medical errors. (ahrq.gov)
  • Patient safety researchers Marty Makary and Michael Daniel published new data in the British Medical Journal Tuesday suggesting that preventable medical errors resulted in 251,454 deaths in 2013. (vox.com)
  • After Christopher Jerry's daughter, Emily, died tragically in 2006 as the result of a preventable medical error, he became an advocate for patient safety . (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Unfortunately, not every skilled nursing care facility places patient safety over profit, resulting in preventable medical errors. (galfandberger.com)
  • At Bonina & Bonina, P.C., we have over 50 years of experience helping the victims of medical malpractice. (medlaw1.com)
  • ABSTRACT This study was conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit of Benha University Hospital, Egypt from 1 August 2012 to the 31 January 2013 to identify medical errors and to determine the risk factors and consequences of these errors. (who.int)
  • Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (April 23 rd - 29 th , 2023) is an annual celebration to highlight and show appreciation for laboratory professionals. (cdc.gov)
  • defined diagnostic error as a diagnosis that is wrong, egregiously delayed, or missed altogether. (wikipedia.org)
  • In its landmark report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, The National Academy of Medicine proposed a new, hybrid definition that includes both label- and process-related aspects: "A diagnostic error is failure to establish an accurate and timely explanation of the patient's health problem(s) or to communicate that explanation to the patient. (wikipedia.org)
  • Medical errors resulting in the death of the patient can be either due to error in judgement, skill or in standard of care, delayed or wrong diagnosis, system failure, surgery error, operating on the wrong body part, error in administering medicines, anaesthesia etc," said Al Marzooqi, noting that medical errors are now estimated to be the third leading cause of death in the west. (gulfnews.com)
  • The survey revealed that 33 percent of the medical malpractice claims filed were based on errors related to the diagnosis. (articlecity.com)
  • Missing a diagnosis or diagnosing a patient with something they don't have is a common medical error. (medlaw1.com)
  • Do faculty and resident physicians discuss their medical errors? (rti.org)
  • Enter search terms to find related medical topics, multimedia and more. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This course teaches medical billing and reimbursement issues, such as how to take the codes that have already been assigned by the coder and process a claim form, and how to work with 3rd party payers to make sure the claim is processed correctly. (aapc.com)
  • You've likely seen them on paperwork at your doctor's office, which uses ICD codes in medical records and reimbursement claims. (forbes.com)
  • Utilizing outsourced urgent care medical billing services has emerged as a viable strategy to mitigate these risks, enhance accuracy in urgent care billing processes, and ensure optimal reimbursement. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Fast claim processing is necessary to ensure prompt reimbursement, leading to increased risk of coding errors, data omissions, or oversights in verifying insurance information. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • The billing process for urgent care services typically involves several steps to ensure accurate and timely reimbursement for the medical services provided. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Moreover, they should steer clear of payer contracts with unreasonably low reimbursement rates for medical services. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Medical Science Monitor (MSM) established in 1995 is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes original articles Clinical Medicine and related disciplines. (medscimonit.com)
  • The nurse who administers a tenfold overdose of morphine that is fatal will be severely punished, but the same dosing error with a harmless drug may barely be noted. (bmj.com)
  • Often, a person gets blamed - and the article brings up the case of a nurse, Julie Thao , who was convicted after a fatal error (and I blogged about it a number of times over the fast few years). (leanblog.org)
  • Whenever a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional makes a serious mistake, a patient's life can be in jeopardy. (medlaw1.com)
  • Miscommunication in the medical context can involve anything from a failure of a doctor to properly tell a nurse how to care for a patient to insufficient notes in a patient's chart. (medlaw1.com)
  • One day, early in my training as a medical-surgical nurse, my preceptor said to me, "Helping people in their time of need is a privilege. (medscape.com)
  • In lieu of these amendments, the New Medical Liability Law 2016 was promulgated. (gulfnews.com)
  • Back in 2016, a group of doctors published an analysis in the BMJ claiming that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • At the present time, there are at least 4 definitions of diagnostic error in active use: Graber et al. (wikipedia.org)
  • defined diagnostic error as any breakdown in the diagnostic process, including both errors of omission and errors of commission. (wikipedia.org)
  • defined diagnostic error as a 'missed opportunity' in the diagnostic process, based on retrospective review. (wikipedia.org)
  • Linking the injury to the diagnostic error requires the assistance of medical experts. (articlecity.com)
  • If you believe that you have been injured because of a diagnostic error, you need to consult a Tennessee medical malpractice attorney immediately. (articlecity.com)
  • We know very little about the extent of AEs in ambulatory care, but there is no evidence the error rate is less. (medscape.com)
  • Patient safety strategies with most effect in primary care settings need to be broader than the current focus on medication errors. (nih.gov)
  • Sex differences in operating room care giver perceptions of patient safety: a pilot study from the Veterans Health Administration Medical Team Training Program. (ahrq.gov)
  • Suicide attempts and completions on medical-surgical and intensive care units. (ahrq.gov)
  • The case studies provided at the end of the chapters will help the reader better conceptualize and apply the person-focused care practices to minimize medical errors. (athealth.com)
  • Dr. Jennifer Marye Burris and Acute Surgical Care Specialists of Plano--Burris's employer--are to now pay the family of Katina Clark, the 28-year-old who died after receiving treatment Medical Center Arlington in 2013, a total of $19.7 million in actual damages. (dallasnews.com)
  • Acute Surgical Care Specialists had a contract with Medical Center Arlington. (dallasnews.com)
  • Because the doctor failed to diagnose a condition within a reasonable time, the patient does not receive proper and timely medical care. (articlecity.com)
  • Failing to adhere to the acceptable standard of medical care could result in a medical malpractice claim. (articlecity.com)
  • Medical experts also need to determine the standard of care for a particular case. (articlecity.com)
  • The hectic pace of pandemic care may contribute to medication errors. (mlmic.com)
  • Whether they're for the purpose of billing, gaining historical insight into a patient's health, or for coordinated care and patient hand-offs, medical records (electronic or otherwise) are vitally important to patient health. (njlawyers.com)
  • Ever since a Florida surgeon cut off the wrong leg by accident 20 years ago, the health-care industry has been scrambling to prevent such errors in the operating room. (wmfe.org)
  • Her medical care went just as it should have. (wshu.org)
  • Cropp has appeared before different nursing and pharmacy boards on behalf of health care professionals to ensure that errors do not lead to criminal charges. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • One of the reasons that it is hard to confront medical error is that health care providers are discouraged from speaking up if they witness a mistake. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • Without trained and experienced billing staff, urgent care clinics can find it challenging tostay current with constantly changing medical billing rules and regulations. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Further, they must exercise incredible care during the process, they must monitor closely for errors, and they must promptly address any complications. (biklaw.com)
  • Most of the time doctors, nurses and pharmacists provide excellent medical care. (attorney4life.com)
  • In any situation where a patient is in medical professionals' care, as when undergoing treatment or during a stay in a hospital or other facility for observation, doctors, nurses, and other medical staff have a responsibility to closely monitor the patient's condition. (biklaw.com)
  • As experts have long argued, communication is a key factor in providing proper medical care. (pfaffgill.com)
  • The dedicated medical malpractice attorneys at Galfand Berger applaud those skilled nursing care facilities where patient safety is placed at the highest priority. (galfandberger.com)
  • When a medical biller or coder makes a mistake, it can delay the claims process, cause a loss of revenue and/or affect a patient's care. (mticollege.edu)
  • Error reduction in health care : : a systems approach to improving patient safety / Patrice L. Spath, editor. (who.int)
  • Initial assessment of the nature and magnitude of the problem is an important precursor to devising and applying methods to prevent health-care errors and system failures, and to mitigate their effects. (who.int)
  • Disclosure of harmful medical errors in out-of-hospital care. (bvsalud.org)
  • In addition, out-of- hospital errors may be discovered only after the transition of care to the inpatient setting, further complicating the question of who should disclose the error. (bvsalud.org)
  • Managing the billing and coding for this broad spectrum of services can increase the complexity and risk of errors. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Researchers say that over "100,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled each year due to medical diagnoses that initially miss conditions or are wrong or delayed" and that "three major disease categories account for nearly three-fourths of all serious harms from diagnostic errors. (mlmic.com)
  • The World Health Organization created the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), which universally classifies and codes all diagnoses, symptoms and medical procedures. (mticollege.edu)
  • The higher estimate, that nationwide 98,000 people die annually as the result of errors in medical management, is a 1998 extrapolation from the findings of the medical record review study conducted using 1984 data and released by the Harvard Medical Practice Study (MPS) in 1991. (medscape.com)
  • Lack of prompt medical treatment can result in permanent injury or death. (articlecity.com)
  • The report embraces the insight from industrial safety research pioneered in the UK by Reason and others that human errors typically result, not from carelessness or incompetence, but from systems failures that are sometimes complex and difficult to analyse and correct. (bmj.com)
  • Providers may still skimp on entering information, and they may also click the wrong item on drop-down menus, fail to save their entries and commit other user errors that result in a faulty record. (pfaffgill.com)
  • The medical error refers to a condition that affects the person as a result of a medical operation based on reckless, negligent or inexpert attitudes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Due to the often urgent nature of their operations, these centers may face time constraints, leading to the potential for clerical errors, data entry inaccuracies, or lapses in coding and documentation, significantly impacting medical billing and the revenue cycle. (outsourcestrategies.com)
  • Diagnostic errors are common factors in a medical malpractice claim. (articlecity.com)
  • The time to file a medical malpractice claim is restricted by law. (articlecity.com)
  • While tripping on ventilator cords rarely happens in the United States, medical errors are plentiful, according to a new analysis by Makary, a cancer surgeon and professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Michael Daniel, a Hopkins medical student. (forbes.com)
  • But no one knows the real toll, because this kind of mistake, like medication errors in general, is rarely reported. (leanblog.org)
  • Why are errors rarely reported? (leanblog.org)
  • Most reports were of errors that were recognized and occurred in reporters' practices. (nih.gov)
  • Earlier this summer an expert group chaired by the Chief Medical Officer in the UK produced a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of the current unacceptable state of identifying, analysing, and learning from medical mishaps. (bmj.com)
  • Fear arises from the belief that errors and mishaps are caused by carelessness for which the responsible individual should be punished. (bmj.com)
  • Future implications for using a system-wide approach to identifying and classifying responses to medical error are discussed. (cdc.gov)
  • EMS organizations should support the disclosure of out-of- hospital errors by fostering a nonpunitive culture of error reporting and disclosure , as well as developing guidelines for use by EMS systems. (bvsalud.org)
  • The goal after an error should not be to throw the clinician under the bus but to understand what happened and work to prevent the same error from re-occurring. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • These commonsense tips can help you avoid those kinds of medical errors and prevent you from becoming a statistic. (attorney4life.com)
  • organisations learn little about underlying causes and are not motivated to make changes that would prevent the error recurring. (bmj.com)
  • How Can We Prevent This Medical Error? (leanblog.org)
  • So how do you prevent these preventable errors? (chop.edu)
  • For medical concerns, including decisions about vaccinations, medications and other treatments, you should always consult your physician or, in serious cases, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel. (chop.edu)
  • Makary and Daniel's estimate is far higher than the 44,000 to 98,000 annual hospital deaths from medical errors estimated in a 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). (forbes.com)
  • Medical error category, context, and consequence. (nih.gov)
  • Most medical errors can be prevented by following the hospital checklist and protocols. (gulfnews.com)
  • For more than two decades as an internist at New York City's Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Danielle Ofri has seen her share of medical errors. (wshu.org)
  • Gone are the days of week-long hospital stays for routine medical operations. (galfandberger.com)
  • 1990). Two error types were identified as targets for intervention, and the outcome of this assessment process indicated a clear need to apply OBM interventions at the management level and thus have a hospital-wide benefit to patient safety. (cdc.gov)
  • We believe [our estimate] understates the true incidence of death due to medical error because the studies cited rely on errors extractable in documented health records and include only inpatient deaths," Makary and Daniel write. (vox.com)
  • However, electronic health records create their own challenges that can lead to errors. (peoplespharmacy.com)
  • You should not consider the information in this site to be specific, professional medical advice for your personal health or for your family's personal health. (chop.edu)
  • The advent and increasingly widespread use of electronic health records by providers in Illinois and nationwide has a great potential to improve communication and record-keeping, with a corresponding decrease in medical errors. (pfaffgill.com)
  • The Inspector General's office of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reconfirmed what has been reported repeatedly over the years: that the country is in a patient safety crisis, and that medical professionals, lawmakers and regulators must do significantly more to avert it. (citizen.org)
  • If someone you love suffered an injury or illness due to someone else's inaction or wrongdoing, our Washington D.C. medical malpractice attorneys can help you seek compensation effectively. (rhllaw.com)
  • It is unclear from the court record if it was the physician or a medical assistant or administrative assistant who entered the incorrect results of the clotting factor initially, but this was an error of huge magnitude. (empr.com)
  • 3. Both workplaces did not have a system that caught human errors. (kevinmd.com)
  • A broad needs-assessment methodology was applied to identify patient-safety intervention targets in a large rural medical center. (cdc.gov)
  • A recent study found that diagnostic errors were the most common reason for medical malpractice claims from 2013 to 2017. (articlecity.com)
  • The most common errors seem mundane and boring. (vox.com)
  • What Are the Most Common Types of Intubation Errors? (biklaw.com)
  • Although these errors are fairly common, they can be expensive. (mticollege.edu)
  • Some of the errors are so common, that the staff found no point in reporting the error. (davislevin.com)
  • No doctor can be arrested or jailed until the higher medical liability commission establishes that a gross medical malpractice is committed. (gulfnews.com)
  • I would like to become certified as a medical coder. (aapc.com)
  • If an error occurs, many times the clinician cannot handle the emotional baggage of harming someone. (pharmacytimes.com)