Addressing Distracted Driving: The Problem is Bigger than Texting
Other forms of distracted driving have been overlooked to the point that cars now have large touchscreens full of apps for drivers to use.
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Read more: Buzzwords in Patient Safety: Some Preliminary Thoughts Buzzwords in Patient Safety: Some Preliminary Thoughts
The decolonization of national and global patient safety systems and structures is an interesting perspective to further peruse.
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Read more: To Address the Overdose Epidemic, Tackle Pharma Industry Influence To Address the Overdose Epidemic, Tackle Pharma Industry Influence
To combat the opioid epidemic, we have to understand how regulators failed to protect the public health as the market for prescription opioids grew.
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Read more: The Latest on Never Events in the NHS in England The Latest on Never Events in the NHS in England
Recent publications highlight that Never Events remain a critical and a stubbornly persistent problem for the NHS to address.
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Read more: Reclassification of Genetic Test Results: Potential Time Bombs in the Medical Record? Reclassification of Genetic Test Results: Potential Time Bombs in the Medical Record?
There is an increasing drumbeat of support for an ethical and legal duty for physicians to reinterpret genetic test results.
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Read more: Long-Term Care After COVID: A Roadmap for Law Reform Long-Term Care After COVID: A Roadmap for Law Reform
There are a series of practical reforms that could readily improve the quality of nursing home care.
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Read more: Learning from Clinical Negligence Claims: The New NHS Patient Safety Syllabus Learning from Clinical Negligence Claims: The New NHS Patient Safety Syllabus
The NHS in England has created the first system-wide patient safety syllabus, training, and education framework.
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Read more: When Will the NHS Get Its Complaints System Right? When Will the NHS Get Its Complaints System Right?
The NHS has been trying to get an effective, fit-for-purpose complaints system for at least 28 years, and it has still not succeeded.
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Read more: Ethical and Legal Challenges Faced by Hospitals in New York’s First COVID-19 Surge Ethical and Legal Challenges Faced by Hospitals in New York’s First COVID-19 Surge
Supporting doctors and health care workers during times of crisis requires making concrete plans in advance for the worst case scenarios.
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Read more: Health Care Providers’ Legal Duty to Be Open and Honest with Patients Health Care Providers’ Legal Duty to Be Open and Honest with Patients
Duties of candor require that patients be informed of adverse events as soon as possible after they occur.