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A Doctor Confronts Medical Errors — And Systemic …

(1 days ago) WEBOfri's new book, When We Do Harm, explores health care system flaws that foster mistakes — many of which are committed by caring, conscientious medical providers. She notes that many errors go

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/30/885186438/a-doctor-confronts-medical-errors-and-flaws-in-the-system-that-create-mistakes

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Casualties of a Failed Health Care System - The American Prospect

(Just Now) WEBThat means planning for facilities, for needed levels of health professionals, their training, and their compensation. This mess is a vivid example of how reliance on commercialized health care with piecemeal regulation has failed and backfired. Single-payer, long the goal of progressive reformers, is only part of it.

https://prospect.org/health/2024-02-06-casualties-of-a-failed-healthcare-system/

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Impact of System Failures on Healthcare Workers PSNet

(6 days ago) WEBThe impact that system failures may have on the healthcare workforce was a major theme of articles featured on PSNet in 2022, as the patient safety community explored ways to support healthcare workers involved in adverse events and mitigate the impact that adverse events may have on employees moving forward. Members of the …

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/impact-system-failures-healthcare-workers

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Failure in Medical Practice: Human Error, System Failure, or Case

(3 days ago) WEBThis is a good example in which humans performed well and followed the guidelines and the system’s well-designed pathways. Unfortunately, the severity of the case—the infection—led to the loss of the patient’s leg. Edmondson A.C. Learning from failure in health care: Frequent opportunities, pervasive barriers. BMJ Qual. Saf. 2004

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778633/

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When Things Go Wrong: How Health Care Organizations

(8 days ago) WEBConcern about patient safety, caused in part by high-profile major failures in which many patients have been harmed, is rising worldwide. This paper draws on examples of such failures from several

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.23.3.103

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Learning from Failure in Health Care Reform NEJM

(9 days ago) WEBInterview with Jonathan Oberlander on the lessons of the failed Clinton health care plan of 1993. 9m 47s Download. Since 1994, inaction and incrementalism have governed U.S. health policy, with

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp078201

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Why Haven Healthcare Failed - Harvard Business Review

(1 days ago) WEBWhy Haven Healthcare Failed. Summary. When Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase joined forces in early 2018 to form a new venture, their goal was to use their U.S employee base of …

https://hbr.org/2021/01/why-haven-healthcare-failed

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Learning from failure in health care: frequent opportunities, …

(2 days ago) WEBAbstract. The notion that hospitals and medical practices should learn from failures, both their own and others’, has obvious appeal. Yet, healthcare organisations that systematically and effectively learn from the failures that occur in the care delivery process, especially from small mistakes and problems rather than from consequential adverse events, are rare.

https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/13/suppl_2/ii3

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Healthcare System Complexities, Impediments, and Failures

(4 days ago) WEBThe extent to which health care for Americans is timely, efficient, and appropriate for a given individual is determined by the characteristics of the delivery system. Moving to a learning healthcare system will require the identification of specific areas where system complexities slow or inhibit progress and the development of solutions geared toward …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK61963/

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Identifying and Analyzing Systems Failures: An Interactive

(3 days ago) WEBMedical students are positioned to identify, document, and explore opportunities to improve patient safety and quality in their institutions. 6 Students witness examples of both poor quality care and excellent care during their day-to-day work, yet many do not have the opportunity or skills to contextualize or address what they are …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084998/

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Systemic Failures - PubMed

(1 days ago) WEBAbstract. The 12 narratives highlight persisting structural failures of health care delivery systems, which marginalize and disempower patients. These systemic failures coalesce around three major, sometimes overlapping forces. First, financial incentives drive virtually every aspect of health care. Given high costs of doing business, private

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33583853/

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A very public failure: lessons for quality improvement in healthcare

(6 days ago) WEBWhen a major failure happens in a healthcare organisation in the British NHS an inquiry of some kind usually ensues, tasked with finding out what happened, diagnosing the problems or causes of the failure, and making recommendations for changes in policy or practice which would prevent or make such a failure less likely in the future.1 The inquiry is akin …

https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/10/4/250

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Most Americans Say the Health Care System Fails Them TIME

(7 days ago) WEBBy Jamie Ducharme. May 16, 2023 11:08 AM EDT. M ore than 70% of U.S. adults feel the health care system is failing to meet their needs in at least one way, according to new data from the Harris

https://time.com/6279937/us-health-care-system-attitudes/

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Utility Failures in Health Care Toolkit (Summary)

(4 days ago) WEBUtility failures are a major concern for health care and may cause substantial harm to patients, staff, and facilities. Threats include infrastructure damage due to natural disasters and other incidents, planned outages to relieve stress on services or prevent other hazards, and malicious acts such as physical and cyber sabotage.

https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/utility-failures-in-health-care-toolkit-summary.pdf

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Market failure, policy failure and other distortions in chronic …

(5 days ago) WEBThe increasing prevalence of chronic disease represents a significant burden on most health systems. This paper explores the market failures and policy failures that exist in the management of chronic diseases. There are many sources of market failure in health care that undermine the efficiency of chronic disease management. These …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6963-9-102

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The NHS is failing us, but we are failing it too The BMJ

(1 days ago) WEBIn October, Kit Yates and I wrote about how the NHS was facing its bleakest midwinter.1 We highlighted how things were bleak and getting worse across the board, from emergency care, to secondary care, to primary care. Two months later and the situation has continued to worsen. Amid record waiting lists and full hospitals, there are rapidly …

https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o3060

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Turning Healthcare Failures Into Patient Care Wins - LinkedIn

(2 days ago) WEBHere's how you can turn failures into opportunities for better patient care and outcomes. Powered by AI and the LinkedIn community. 1. Accept Reality. 2. Analyze Causes. Be the first to add your

https://www.linkedin.com/advice/1/heres-how-you-can-turn-failures-opportunities-better-kjzxe

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Healthcare Report Card: Companies That Failed To Meet - Forbes

(6 days ago) WEBIn 2020, two pharmaceutical companies claimed to have the answer, aggressively promoting their expensive drugs for use in patients with Covid-19. In both cases, they failed to assess the efficacy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpearl/2021/01/04/healthcare-report-card-companies-that-failed-to-meet-expectations-in-2020/

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‘Failure to Thrive,’ or a Failure to Look? - The New York Times

(2 days ago) WEBBy masquerading as a diagnosis, the term “failure to thrive” cuts that sleuthing process short, shutting down inquiry before doctors can determine the real cause, said Dr. Clara Tsui, a

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/science/medicine-geriatrics-failure-thrive.html

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3 Major Healthcare Innovations That Ultimately Failed And Why

(8 days ago) WEBHealth screenings and health-risk assessments. Weight-loss programs. Fitness and health competitions. While each of these programs are well-intentioned about improving health, behavior change is an important component that’s too often absent. Even if patients want to get healthier, they often don't know where to start.

https://www.verawholehealth.com/blog/major-healthcare-innovations-that-ultimately-failed

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Lack of leadership was at heart of hospitals’ failings, report says

(1 days ago) WEBPoor leadership among senior medical staff and hospital management was at the heart of recent failings in the NHS in England and Scotland, says a report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in Scotland. 1. A working group looked at a series of recent reports into failings at hospitals, including Staffordshire Hospital and the Aberdeen

https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3799

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Safeguarding probe that failed to uncover harmful care 'relied …

(4 days ago) WEBA safeguarding investigation that failed to uncover the harmful care a woman received at a care home “relied heavily” on the provider’s own internal probe into the concerns. The Lancashire council social worker carrying out the enquiry did not cross-check documentation submitted by the care home concerning “Mrs X’s” care, and reached an …

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2022/01/20/safeguarding-probe-that-failed-to-uncover-harmful-care-relied-heavily-on-provider-evidence/

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Damaging hacks expose the weak underbelly of America’s health …

(9 days ago) WEBA pair of recent ransomware attacks crippled computer systems at two major American health care firms, disrupting patient care and exposing fundamental weaknesses in the US health care system’s

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/tech/damaging-hacks-expose-the-weak-underbelly-of-americas-health-care-system/index.html

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Factors Associated With Failure of Health System Reform: A …

(4 days ago) WEBThe failure of the Clinton health plan is an excellent example of policy process failure . Other factors stem from the nature and content of the reform. The comprehensiveness of the reform involves various aspects of efficiency and effectiveness. The failure of health-care reform: an essay review. Soc Serv Rev. 1995; 69 …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10111098/

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Top problems facing the US: Inflation, affordable health care Pew

(6 days ago) WEB2. Top problems facing the U.S. Inflation and the affordability of health care top the public’s list of the biggest problems facing the country, with 62% of Americans describing inflation as a very big problem and 60% saying this about health care costs. Narrower majorities say that partisan cooperation (57%), drug addiction (55%) and gun

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/05/23/top-problems-facing-the-u-s/

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Steward Health Care failure in Massachusetts predicted by Catholic

(Just Now) WEBMay 28, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. Lawmakers were well warned more than a decade ago in advance of the current crisis surrounding several Bay State hospitals operated by now-bankrupt Steward Health Care

https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/05/28/steward-health-care-failure-in-massachusetts-predicted-by-catholic-activists-back-in-2010/

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Preventable errors double in Minnesota hospitals in past decade

(2 days ago) WEBStill, health care leaders said they are troubled by the increase post-pandemic. Sixteen patients died last year from reportable events, such as medication errors or device malfunctions, while

https://www.startribune.com/preventable-errors-double-in-minnesota-hospitals-in-past-decade/600369626/

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Healthcare Sector Maps Cyber Risk Posed by ‘Single Points of …

(5 days ago) WEBThe agency is leading work to create a map of the cybersecurity risks inherent in having a single technology supplier dominate a particular aspect of the market, a threat known as a single point

https://www.wsj.com/articles/healthcare-sector-maps-cyber-risk-posed-by-single-points-of-failure-7f817fbc

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Steward Health Care failure in Massachusetts predicted by

(7 days ago) WEBFrom The Right. Lawmakers were well warned more than a decade ago in advance of the current crisis surrounding several Bay State hospitals operated by now-bankrupt Steward Health Care, documents reviewed by the Herald show. The impending summer sale at auction of eight Massachusetts hospitals operated by the Dallas-based …

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-05-28-0415/healthcare-steward-health-care-failure-massachusetts-predicted-catholic

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Study finds older adults hospitalized for heart failure had high risk

(3 days ago) WEBResearchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have found links between heart failure and kidney disease that support new

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-older-adults-hospitalized-heart-failure.html

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10 Things to Know About Heart Failure University of Utah Health

(1 days ago) WEBHere are 10 things to know about heart failure that will help you understand your condition so you can manage your symptoms and lead a full life. 1. Heart failure doesn’t mean heart stoppage. A heart failure diagnosis is alarming, but it doesn’t mean your heart has totally stopped working. It means the heart’s ability to pump blood

https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/2024/05/10-things-know-about-heart-failure

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Human errors and their prevention in healthcare - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBAbstract. Human errors form a significant portion of preventable mishaps in healthcare. Even the most competent clinicians are not immune to it. Errors in the perioperative period can often have grave consequences, and hence, perioperative clinicians need to be aware of the impact of human errors and how to minimize them.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8562433/

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South Africa's National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill: Why it is - BBC

(6 days ago) WEBThe DA says it will institute legal action in a bid to stop the scheme being implemented. It says it stands for universal health care, but the NHI will "destroy South Africa's private health-care

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1030v3p1r8o

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For Markus Johnson, Prison and Mental Illness Equaled a Death …

(7 days ago) WEBThe downward spiral of one inmate, Markus Johnson, shows the larger failures of the nation’s prisons to care for the mentally ill. Glenn Thrush spent more than a year reporting this article

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/prison-mental-health-care.html

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Expanding treatment options for heart failure - Main Line Health

(5 days ago) WEBThe role of clinical trials in advancing heart failure treatment. Patients can access clinical trials through their cardiologist at Main Line Health, because of its connection to the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), the health system's research division. "The convergence of clinical leadership and research holds tangible …

https://www.mainlinehealth.org/blog/heart-failure-clinical-trials

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Care time reporting assessments – model pack - Department of …

(3 days ago) WEBCare time reporting assessments – model pack. This Excel document aims to help guide aged care providers when submitting information and documents for a care time reporting assessment. It contains examples of calculations and workings for information and documents commonly requested.

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/care-time-reporting-assessments-model-pack?language=en

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Health IT Success and Failure: Recommendations from Literature …

(3 days ago) WEBThe same barriers and problems to health IT have been identified over the years. 72 They parallel those in other sectors in attributing problems to actors and circumstances outside of management's or informaticians' control. 21,73 One result is alarming headlines when high-profile health IT failures that adversely affect patient …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732244/

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