Re: Adverse Events Associated With Pediatric Spinal Manipulation: A Systematic Review

Pediatricians who make medical errors would like to report their mistakes to their hospitals but they fear the recriminations and time involved

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/msnbc/4994


Introduction to medical mistakes:

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/intro/common.htm


Specific areas of medical mistakes:

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/mistakes/intro.htm


Medical Mistakes Kill 100000 Americans A Year:

http://www.mercola.com/1999/archive/medical_mistakes.htm


One in Three People Say They Or A Family Member Have Experienced A Medical Error; One In Five Say It Was "Serious"

http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr111704nr.cfm


Medical erros can be deadly:

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/500_err.html


An average of 195000 people in the USA died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=11856


Despite remarkable advances in health care technology and delivery, too many patients die or are disabled as a result of medical errors:

http://www.npsf.org/html/StandUp/about_medical_errors.html


Medical mistakes in hospitals cause 98000 deaths or serious injuries each year in the United States:

http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&action=detail&ref=411


1993-2003: Medical mistakes took 7.8 million lives... Organized medicine killed more Americans in last decade than all U.S. wars combined:

http://www.advancedscientifichealth.com/newpweb_nsf_medicalmistakes.asp?SID=9...


Medical residents are routinely scheduled to work shifts that last 24 hours or ... at high risk of making medical mistakes that can harm or even kill patients:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-12-11-sleep-study_x.htm


The Institute of Medicine shocked us with the results of a study showing that up to 100000 deaths and serious disabilities occurring in hospitals each year:

http://www.drgreene.org/body.cfm?id=21&action=detail&ref=470


More people die from medical mistakes each year than from highway accidents:

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/01/medical_mistake....


The American health care system is more expensive, more poorly organized, and more riddled with errors than those of other countries:

http://www.mercola.com/2005/nov/17/usa_leads_the_world__in_medical_errors.htm


A new report doubles the current estimate of deaths due to preventable medical errors, and concludes that IT would not address the causes of the deaths.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1628348,00.asp


Currently, it appears that many mistakes are never disclosed. According to one study, house officers reported admitting serious medical mistakes:

http://www.docguide.com/dg.nsf/PrintPrint/C0C29A7870B3919385256562004F8BDE


The medical director of Scotland's largest cancer centre has apologised after ... caused to Lisa and her family and we are very sorry this mistake happened:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4691748.stm


Tips to help prevent hospital related medical mistakes:

http://womenshealth.about.com/od/commonhealthissues/a/bl20healthtips_3.htm


There were nearly 400 medical mistakes in New Jersey hospitals in 2005:

http://wcbs880.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=224447


U.S. senators on Tuesday plan to continue hearings into medical mistakes that, according to a report, are plaguing America's health-care:

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/02/21/medical.errors/


A nurse of 27 years offers lifesaving advice on how to avoid medical errors:

http://www.a-nutritional-supplements.com/sharon.htm


While death is the most tragic outcome, medical mistakes cause other problems, such as permanent disabilities:

http://www.opm.gov/insure/07/guides/70-08PS/prevent_mistakes.asp


Health & Fitness – Chilling facts about the American Medical Machine. 1993-2003: Medical mistakes took 7.8 million lives... Organized medicine killed:

http://health.netscape.com/story/2006/12/09/medical-mistakes/


The pediatric health-care system is large and complex, and things can easily go wrong.:

http://www.parents.com/parents/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/parents/stor...


There are over 1 million additional references to the gross medical mistakes which can kill.




Tweet