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Meet the Woman Fighting to Get Her Husband's Heart Back
Christus St. Catherine Hospital. (PHOTO: PUBLIC DOMAIN)Linda Carswell has passed a major milestone in her quest to get her husband's heart back. A Texas appeals court ruled last Thursday against the...
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How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?
(PHOTO: GEORGE N/<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com">SHUTTERSTOCK</a>)It seems that every time researchers estimate how often a medical mistake contributes to a hospital patient's death,...
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Why Doctors Stay Silent About Mistakes Their Colleagues Make
(PHOTO: LENETSTAN/<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com">SHUTTERSTOCK</a>)Patients don't always know when their doctor has made a medical error. But other doctors do. A few years ago I...
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Our Patient-Harm Problem: One Third in Nursing Facilities Harmed by Treatment
Empty nurses station. (Photo: hxdbzxy/Shutterstock)One-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication error, infection, or some other type of harm related to their treatment,...
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So You've Become a Patient Safety Statistic—Now What?
(Photo: Tyler Olson/Shutterstock)I often speak to people who have become victims of patient harm. They, or maybe a loved one, went to the hospital, nursing home, or doctor's office and suffered a...
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Rocky Mountain High or Reefer Madness? The Risks of Legal Pot in Colorado
Marijuana crop growing indoors. (Photo: Peter Kim/Shutterstock)I walked through clouds of marijuana smoke Friday night to get to the Denver Nuggets basketball game. The sweet smell lingering in the air...
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We Need to Start Tracking Patient Harm and Medical Mistakes Now
(Photo: Francis Bijl/Flickr)WASHINGTON, D.C.— The health care community is not doing enough to track and prevent widespread harm to patients, and preventable deaths and injuries in hospitals and other...
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What Can U.S. Health Care Learn From the Ebola Outbreak?
Kenyan health officials help passengers to fill out medical forms before screening them as they arrive at Jommo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. (Photo: ProPublica)Jeanine Thomas is a...
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The 'Journal of Patient Safety' Adjusts After an Eye-Opening Scandal
(Photo: Sergei25/Shutterstock)The aftershocks of what's been called "patient safety's first scandal" continue to reverberate in the medical community, most recently in the current issue of the Journal...
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The Patient Safety Movement's First Big Scandal Finally Has a Resolution
Dr. Chuck Denham giving a keynote address to the Cleveland Clinic in 2011. (Photo: SafetyLeaders/Flickr)Dr. Chuck Denham, once a leading voice for patient safety, will pay $1 million to settle civil...
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