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.
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Read more: Resetting the Clinical Negligence Compensation System in England Resetting the Clinical Negligence Compensation System in England
Recently it was announced that the British government will review our tort-based clinical negligence system.
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Read more: What’s in a Name? The Value of the Term ‘Never Events’ What’s in a Name? The Value of the Term ‘Never Events’
We must look beyond the words, “Never Events,” beyond that label, to ascertain the true meaning of the term.
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Read more: Maternity Care and Patient Safety in England’s NHS Maternity Care and Patient Safety in England’s NHS
Failures of maternity care services have presented an acute patient safety issue in some parts of England in 2020.
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Read more: Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Lessons from the UK Challenges in COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Lessons from the UK
The U.S. can and should cautiously assess the U.K.’s vaccination strategy to avoid challenges that may impede its ability to control the virus.
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Read more: Benefits and Drawbacks of Emergency Use Authorizations for COVID Vaccines Benefits and Drawbacks of Emergency Use Authorizations for COVID Vaccines
The EUA pathway may impede vital scientific progress needed to establish the long term safety and efficacy of investigational COVID-19 vaccines.
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Read more: The Inherent Value of Patient Safety Reports as Key Educational Tools The Inherent Value of Patient Safety Reports as Key Educational Tools
Many patient safety adverse events across the National Health Service (NHS) in England have common causes, which exist regardless of clinical specialty.
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Read more: The Inevitability of Error in Health Care The Inevitability of Error in Health Care
A recent publication by the WHO seems to have rekindled conversations about the “inevitability of error” in the field of patient safety.
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Read more: Experts Question FDA Approval of Remdesivir for COVID-19 Experts Question FDA Approval of Remdesivir for COVID-19
Experts are calling into question the recent decision of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19.
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Read more: A Dose of Perspective on World Patient Safety Day A Dose of Perspective on World Patient Safety Day
We should not forget that all is not well at home, and that some systems are failing, causing avoidable patient injury, and, in some cases, death.
