EPISODE · Sep 24, 2024 · 50 MIN
90. M is for Medical Errors
from The Anxiety Encyclopedia · host Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
Lorien just wants surgeons to be perfect. Is that so much to ask? Sources: https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article290163534.html https://www.kcci.com/article/andrea-irwin-iowa-woman-zoll-heart-monitor-lawsuit/61617551 https://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/03/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death/ https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db492-tables.pdf#4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963345/ https://baltimoretimes-online.com/living-well/health/2024/05/10/johns-hopkins-study-points-to-medical-errors-as-americas-third-leading-cause-of-death https://news.unchealthcare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1159/2020/10/TimeOutDocumentationMay2010.pdf https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patient-safety/research/safe-surgery/tool-and-resources https://www.aorn.org/article/wrong-surgeries-up-26--in-2023 https://globalnews.ca/news/10732577/florida-surgeon-removed-liver-spleen-dr-shaknovsky/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-surgeon-mistakenly-removes-patients-liver-instead-spleen-causi-rcna169614 https://patientidnow.org/ https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/22/national-patient-id-essential-patient-safety/ https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-identification-errors-systems-challenge#:~:text=Of 503 healthcare executives across,standard of 8-10%. https://www.taylor.com/blog/12-simple-ways-to-ensure-positive-patient-identification https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/wrong-site-wrong-procedure-and-wrong-patient-surgery https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/news-and-articles/bulletin/2023/june-2023-volume-108-issue-6/study-analyzes-wrong-site-surgery-data-in-medical-malpractice-complaints/ https://www.phillymalpracticelawyer.com/blog/patient-mix-causes-medical-malpractice-death/ https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/07/medical-errors-are-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-and-other-statistics-you-should-question/ https://www.puffnstuff.com.au/no-medical-errors-arent-3rd-top-cause-of-us-deaths/70045
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Lorien just wants surgeons to be perfect. Is that so much to ask? Sources: https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article290163534.html https://www.kcci.com/article/andrea-irwin-iowa-woman-zoll-heart-monitor-lawsuit/61617551 https://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/03/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death/ https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db492-tables.pdf#4 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963345/ https://baltimoretimes-online.com/living-well/health/2024/05/10/johns-hopkins-study-points-to-medical-errors-as-americas-third-leading-cause-of-death https://news.unchealthcare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1159/2020/10/TimeOutDocumentationMay2010.pdf https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patient-safety/research/safe-surgery/tool-and-resources https://www.aorn.org/article/wrong-surgeries-up-26--in-2023 https://globalnews.ca/news/10732577/florida-surgeon-removed-liver-spleen-dr-shaknovsky/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-surgeon-mistakenly-removes-patients-liver-instead-spleen-causi-rcna169614 https://patientidnow.org/ https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/22/national-patient-id-essential-patient-safety/ https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-identification-errors-systems-challenge#:~:text=Of 503 healthcare executives across,standard of 8-10%. https://www.taylor.com/blog/12-simple-ways-to-ensure-positive-patient-identification https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/wrong-site-wrong-procedure-and-wrong-patient-surgery https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/news-and-articles/bulletin/2023/june-2023-volume-108-issue-6/study-analyzes-wrong-site-surgery-data-in-medical-malpractice-complaints/ https://www.phillymalpracticelawyer.com/blog/patient-mix-causes-medical-malpractice-death/ https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/07/medical-errors-are-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-and-other-statistics-you-should-question/ https://www.puffnstuff.com.au/no-medical-errors-arent-3rd-top-cause-of-us-deaths/70045
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