Medical Errors

What every medical professional knows but doesn’t talk about — You are the best advocate for a loved one who cannot speak for themselves “If I ever have a family member in the hospital, I will make sure I know what is going on at all times.” This is something I said many times after witnessing examples of care team…

The Healthcare Policies Without Proper Digital Logistics Is A No-Win When it Comes To Medical Error Prevention. — Doctors make mistakes in their personal or professional endeavors, like everyone else. Likewise, medical error history stretches back as long as the existence of the medical profession. Thus, we should always underscore that medical errors will potentially happen. Medical errors happen for preventable reasons; as the workflow of the medical…

Jason and Aleck Lang, and their three kids live in Phoenix, Arizona.

A Bit More Doubt Can Help Everyone — I was shocked last week when I heard my partner describe me as… “…a little against medicine.” Wow, I had never thought of myself as against medicine! If not for the medical advances of the last thirty years, I would have died sixteen years ago or, at the least, faced…

Patients, care partners & clinicians can reduce record errors with collaborative notes. Dr. Peter Elias shares his note-writing with collaborative partners. Proem Expecting an error-free medical record seems unreasonable — too many opportunities, too many forces, too many players, too many perspectives. Not having error prevention and correction hardwired into our…