Recent Medical Mistake and Patient Safety News

From CNN: Researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, found that interruptions led emergency department doctors to spend less time on the tasks they were working on and, in nearly a fifth of cases, to give up on the task altogether. Read more now...

From USA Today: Dennis Quaid Takes Aim At Health Care: After his newborn twins nearly died because they'd received an overdose of a drug in a hospital, actor Dennis Quaid became a patient safety advocate. Read more now...

From WNDU-TV: New technology decreases risk of deadly medical mistakes: Medication errors cause at least 7000 deaths in the US each year, ... "A light on the badge will turn green, signifying that the health care worker has ..." Read more now...

From HealthLeaders: Better Nurse Patient Ratios Could Save Thousands of Lives Annually Says Study Read more now...