All articles related to "medical errors":

Was Neil Armstrong’s death due to a medical error?

The death of astronaut Neil Armstrong in 2012 after heart surgery may have occurred because of incompetent post-surgical care, according to recent news reports. Armstrong’s family received a $6 million confidential settlement in 2014 from Mercy Health Fairfield…

This Week in Health: Making the modeling industry safer

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Like aviation, patient safety needs federal regulation

A new federal agency should be established to oversee patient safety at healthcare facilities to reduce medical errors, Lucian Leape, adjunct professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said December 10, 2015 at…

Ebola epidemic is stoppable

The Ebola epidemic is stoppable—if health professionals use procedures that are known to be effective in quelling such outbreaks, and by widening the international response to Ebola in West Africa, according to Atul Gawande. Writing in The New…

Quality missing from global health agenda

August 7, 2014 -- Today more people than ever have health insurance. In the U.S., millions have signed up for coverage since the 2008 passage of the Affordable Care Act. Globally, there’s a high level of interest in…

A boost for patient safety

Lucian Leape A new gift from Lucian Leape, longtime faculty member in the Department of Health Policy and Management, will establish the Patient Safety and Quality of Care Fund. The fund will support both research and education in…