For parents, the shocking news that their child suffered from birth injuries during delivery is a devastating moment. A child born suffering life-changing injuries at birth has immediate challenges that could require around-the-clock care, particularly if they are...
In 2001, the term “never event” was coined in reference to a vast amount of medical errors, such as wrong-site surgeries, which should absolutely never occur. As of 2011, the list of never events consists of 29 events, grouped into 7 categories. These events often result in either devastating or even fatal consequences and necessitated a need for a safe…
Posted By Tara Worthley Surgery is always unsettling, but even more so when the outcome is not what you expected. The National Quality Forum (NQF), a nonprofit that promotes quality in healthcare in the U.S., developed a list of “serious reportable events,” also known as “never events,” that occur in healthcare. The NQF list is a compilation of serious, largely…
Posted By Tara Worthley A study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association and discussed in The New York Times raised the concern that hospitals may be profiting from their own errors because patients need longer stays and more care to treat preventable surgical complications. When a preventable error harms a patient, this can lead to additional medical…
