Abstract Background Adverse events (AEs) seriously affect patient safety and quality of care,
and remain a pressing global issue. This study had three objectives:(1) to describe the …

Importance Improving patient safety is at the forefront of policy and practice. While
considerable progress has been made in understanding the frequency, causes and …

Background Adverse events during hospitalization are a major cause of patient harm, as
documented in the 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study. Patient safety has changed …

Background The frequency of outpatient diagnostic errors is challenging to determine due to
varying error definitions and the need to review data across multiple providers and care …

" The level is appropriate for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level statistics major.
Sampling: Design and Analysis (SDA) will also benefit a non-statistics major with a desire to …

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between burnout and perceived major medical errors
among American surgeons. Background: Despite efforts to improve patient safety, medical …

Identification and measurement of adverse medical events is central to patient safety,
forming a foundation for accountability, prioritizing problems to work on, generating ideas for …

Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors
that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or …

Objectives The primary study objective was to investigate the impact of surveillance
monitoring (ie, continuous monitoring optimized for deterioration detection) on mortality and …

Introduction: Adverse events in hospitals constitute a serious problem with grave
consequences. Many studies have been conducted to gain an insight into this problem, but …