Comments on: Teaching patient safety starts in medical school http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/03/teaching-patient-safety-starts-medical-school.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Erikhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/03/teaching-patient-safety-starts-medical-school.html#comment-129032 Erik Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:44:12 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=43225#comment-129032 The medical error stat is itself a medical error. However, if hospitals/medical schools/goverment/insert important group here were really concerned, we would simply increase the staff in hospitals. More nurses, more nurses aides, more janitors = more patients bathed, less dirt on the floor, more patients needs attended to quickly, less errors, less infections, fewer problems.But that costs too much... The medical error stat is itself a medical error. However, if hospitals/medical schools/goverment/insert important group here were really concerned, we would simply increase the staff in hospitals. More nurses, more nurses aides, more janitors = more patients bathed, less dirt on the floor, more patients needs attended to quickly, less errors, less infections, fewer problems.

But that costs too much…

]]> By: Doc99http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/03/teaching-patient-safety-starts-medical-school.html#comment-128944 Doc99 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:55:45 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=43225#comment-128944 The oft-quoted deaths due to medical error figure is a statistical parlor trick. Nonetheless, Handwashing hasn't progressed much farther than 1847 and Semmelweiss. The oft-quoted deaths due to medical error figure is a statistical parlor trick. Nonetheless, Handwashing hasn’t progressed much farther than 1847 and Semmelweiss.

]]> By: GlassHospitalhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/03/teaching-patient-safety-starts-medical-school.html#comment-128942 GlassHospital Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:07:28 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=43225#comment-128942 >"What can be done to reverse the trend of ever-increasing morbidity and mortality due to medical errors?>... a look back over the decade since the release of To Err is Human — and a steady medical error death rate of about 100,000 per year... "Is it just me, or do the two preceding statements contradict one another? Are errors ever-increasing or staying the same? >”What can be done to reverse the trend of ever-increasing morbidity and mortality due to medical errors?

>… a look back over the decade since the release of To Err is Human — and a steady medical error death rate of about 100,000 per year… ”

Is it just me, or do the two preceding statements contradict one another? Are errors ever-increasing or staying the same?

]]> By: alexhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/03/teaching-patient-safety-starts-medical-school.html#comment-128946 alex Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:50:50 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=43225#comment-128946 The flaws in the IOM estimation method have been pointed out ad nauseum, but (as they intended) it provides a huge number that people can constantly cite, regardless of whether it's actually realistic. Much like the "medical bankruptcies" report, it's more important to have a good soundbite than an accurate accounting. The flaws in the IOM estimation method have been pointed out ad nauseum, but (as they intended) it provides a huge number that people can constantly cite, regardless of whether it’s actually realistic. Much like the “medical bankruptcies” report, it’s more important to have a good soundbite than an accurate accounting.

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