Med Error Co-morbidities, Suicidal Patients, and more...

In 56% of medication cases, the patient had one or more comorbidities deemed relevant to the adverse event. The most identified categories were:

Cardiovascular Disease

Hypertension

Psychiatric/Abuse History

Diabetes

Obesity

N=3,067 cases asserted 2010–2014
in which medication issues contributed to patient harm.
Learn more in Medication-related Malpractice Risks...

Obstetrics: Know Your Risks

OBs, if you missed our webinar about current risks in your practice, now you can catch up—and earn risk management CMEs too. Dr. Tom Beatty has data and insights to help protect your patients...

Do You Know If Your Patients Are Suicidal?

Do you know what to do once you know? Experts in Psychiatry, General Medicine, and Emergency Medicine collaborated to produce decision-support tools for PCPs and MHPs. Identify, assess, and respond...

Safety Culture: Make It Happen

Safety Culture and Risk Reliability in Health Care explores the benefits—for patients and caregivers—of a just culture and what teams are learning about creating and maintaining one. Build it with your team...

PODCAST CASE STUDY

Phone Eval Too Narrow; Patient Dies at Home

The fact that the patient had had something to drink and had urinated was falsely reassuring to the provider. Fixation error prevented consideration of the bigger picture...

Eyes Opened to the “Potential for Harm”

Dr. Emily Aaronson shares how participation in the HMS Fellowship in Patient Safety and Quality changed her perspective on medicine and altered her career. Noticing the risks is the first step...

Diagnostic Error in Medicine, 10th International Conference

October 8-10, 2017, Boston Marriott Newton. This year, the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) explores ways to improve diagnostic reliability with a specific focus on the importance of multi-disciplinary perspectives and teamwork. Register via SIDM...