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08-13-2004, 02:42 PM
Hospitals Should be Encouraged to Improve Error Reporting
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Hospitals should be encouraged to improve the recording of medical errors on their systems, say researchers at Dr Foster. About 850,000 medical errors occur in NHS hospitals every year, resulting in 40,000 deaths.
BMJ 14 August 2004 edition
Dr Foster's case notes: How often are adverse events reported in English hospital statistics? BMJ Volume 329, p 369
Newswise - Hospitals should be encouraged to improve the recording of medical errors on their systems, say researchers at Dr Foster in this week's BMJ.
About 850,000 medical errors occur in NHS hospitals every year, resulting in 40,000 deaths.
Researchers looked at four years of English hospital statistics to examine patterns in the recording of adverse events and ask whether this routinely collected source of data could be of use in monitoring this problem.
They found, on average, 2.2% of all episodes (about 27,500 per year) included a code for an adverse event. Misadventures were mentioned in 0.03% of episodes (nearly 4,000 per year). Events were more likely to occur in men, in elderly
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/506521/
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ERROR REPORTING HOSPITALS
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Hospitals should be encouraged to improve the recording of medical errors on their systems, say researchers at Dr Foster. About 850,000 medical errors occur in NHS hospitals every year, resulting in 40,000 deaths.
BMJ 14 August 2004 edition
Dr Foster's case notes: How often are adverse events reported in English hospital statistics? BMJ Volume 329, p 369
Newswise - Hospitals should be encouraged to improve the recording of medical errors on their systems, say researchers at Dr Foster in this week's BMJ.
About 850,000 medical errors occur in NHS hospitals every year, resulting in 40,000 deaths.
Researchers looked at four years of English hospital statistics to examine patterns in the recording of adverse events and ask whether this routinely collected source of data could be of use in monitoring this problem.
They found, on average, 2.2% of all episodes (about 27,500 per year) included a code for an adverse event. Misadventures were mentioned in 0.03% of episodes (nearly 4,000 per year). Events were more likely to occur in men, in elderly
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/506521/