Deaths resulting from medical errors are far more common than they should be. This includes deaths resulting from diagnostic errors, surgical errors, medication errors, and a wide range of preventable ...

"Unfortunately, there hasn't been a significant improvement in the level of medical errors, and what is getting worse is hospital-based infections that are preventable," said Kathleen Sebelius, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A few months ago, I cared for an older ...

I think it would be very enlightening if you would write a follow-up piece on the third leading cause of death in the United ...

A doctor on X took time out of his day to explain the grim reasons why loved ones should never be left alone when they're in the hospital.

Ronald Johnson (left) and Tyler Cole, holding his son (right). An investigation from the Office of the Inspector General released on Monday found that “significant medical errors” were made when ...

The Connecticut Office of Inspector General found that “significant medical errors” were made in relation to two inmates who died of overdoses at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown in July ...

The spectre of medical errors is a critically important subject, one that is as old as organised medical practice itself. What is striking, however, is not merely their longevity but their alarming ...

An investigation by the Connecticut Office of the Inspector General released Monday found that “significant medical errors” were made when prescribing methadone to Ronald Johnson and Tyler Cole, two ...