Patient Safety

Patient Safety - most related articles:

- Discussing patient safety in radiation therapy - 3.1
- 21% errors in pathology reports in Miramichi Hospital, New Brunswick - 3
- Making imaging procedures safer for patients - 2.8
- US' best hospitals already on surgical checklist use - 2.8
- Two New Reports on Health Care Quality, US - 2.8
- Doctors' concerns about care often not addressed, UK - 2.6
- Obama administration launches food safety working - 2.5
- FDA should ensure food safety measures in US - 2.3
- Australia to access information on individual patients records - 2.3
- NewYork-Presbyterian No. 6 hospital in US, No. 1 in NewYork - 2.2

Patient Safety articles

Discussing patient safety in radiation therapy
A meeting in Miami this week will bring together some of the world's leading experts from inside and outside the clinic to discuss safety in radiation therapy -- a critical method for treating cancer.

Making imaging procedures safer for patients
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) reaffirmed its commitment to patient safety in responding to a study and accompanying perspective on radiation dose from medical imaging procedures in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Doctors' concerns about care often not addressed, UK
Hospital doctors are frequently frustrated in attempts to raise concerns about standards of care and push forward ideas, a BMA survey indicates.

Two New Reports on Health Care Quality, US
At a speech before the AFSCME Nurses Conference Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discussed two new HHS reports on the quality of health care in America and challenged hospitals to work to reduce health care associated infections.

US' best hospitals already on surgical checklist use
Recent hoopla surrounding published research citing the patient safety benefits of surgery checklists would suggest medical experts have stumbled onto a startling new tactic to prevent medical error.

Medicare will not pay for extra care
New US federal regulations to restrict Medicare payments to hospitals for the extra care required to treat patients harmed by certain preventable infections and medical errors go into effect on Wednesday, October 1.

Need to govern organ donation and transplantation
All countries should take steps to govern organ donation and transplantation, thereby ensuring patient safety and prohibiting unethical practices, according to an article appearing in the September 2008 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

Anemia drugs for cancer patients raises blood clots risk
Treating anemia with a class of drugs known as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or in the lungs) and death among patients with cancer, according to an article in the February 27 issue of JAMA.

21% errors in pathology reports in Miramichi Hospital, New Brunswick
An additional review of pathology reports in Miramichi Hospital, New Brunswick is completed by Dr. Rosemary Henderson, pathologist. This review included 227 cases of prostate and breast cancer biopsies from 2004-2005. The results indicated that 18 percent of the cases had incomplete results and three percent of the cases were misdiagnosed.

Intensive blood glucose lowering treatment proved fatal for diabetes patients
Intensive blood glucose lowering treatment proved fatal for diabetes patients in a US study, and for Safety, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has changed intensive blood sugar treatment strategy in clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Pfizer's anti smoking Chantix latest safety information
Chantix (varenicline), a prescription medication used to help patients stop smoking reported to have certain adverse effects like changes in behavior, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal ideation, and actual suicidal behavior. US FDA issued a Public Health Advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and caregivers.

Compstatin - new drug for vision loss, macular degeneration
University of Florida UF scientists are testing the safety of experimental drug Compstatin for vision loss in macular degeneration patients. In a first-of-its-kind safety research study, University of Florida researchers have injected an anti-inflammatory compound into the eye of a person with a sight-robbing disease.

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