according to bostonglobe
Medical errors persist, despite increase scrutiny
Medical errors persist, despite increase scrutiny
Problems detected in the dialysis unit at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield accounted for a large chunk of the increase in errors reported by the state's full-service hospitals.Preventable medical errors reported by full-service hospitals in Massachusetts grew 60 percent last year, a rise partly attributed to problems detected in a single hospital's dialysis unit.Hospitals disclosed 1,313 errors that harmed or threatened patients in 2015, including 26 cases when the wrong surgery or procedure was done on a patient; 51 instances when a medication error seriously injured or killed a patient; and 446 cases of contaminated drugs, devices, or biologics.
moreover from wcvb
Medical errors at Massachusetts hospital on the rise
Medical errors at Massachusetts hospital on the rise
State public health officials say preventable medical errors reported by full-service Massachusetts hospitals jumped 60 percent last year, but attributed the rise in large part to a problem at a single hospital.The Department of Public Health says hospitals disclosed 1,313 errors that harmed or threatened patients in 2015, including 26 cases when the wrong surgery or procedure was performed.The Boston Globe reports there were 51 instances when a medication error seriously injured or killed a patient and 446 cases of contaminated drugs, devices, or biologics.
furthermore masslive
Medical errors in Massachusetts hospitals jumped 60 percent last year
Medical errors in Massachusetts hospitals jumped 60 percent last year
SPRINGFIELD -- The number of reported medical errors in Massachusetts hospitals increased by 60 percent last year, in part due to unsanitary conditions in a Western Massachusetts dialysis unit.In 2015, the number of serious preventable medical errors reported to state medical officials was 1,313, a jump from 821 in 2014.Of the 1,313 reported errors, the Boston Globe reports several hundred cases contaminated equipment or drugs, 51 resulted in patients killed or seriously injured and in 26 instances, a procedure or surgery was done on the wrong patient.
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