This overview of the discipline of diagnostic safety gives information about the number of diagnostic errors that occur each year in the US. It discusses barriers that make diagnostic errors more likely and presents strategies for making diagnosis safer.
This case report describes an 18-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type 1 and prior right brachial plexus neurofibroma resection who reported intermittent, unilateral facial flushing after exertion.
Many of us hear about breaches everywhere and are warned of impending cyber harm daily. Our inboxes are filled with newsletters and webinars – like this one – about what we can do to prepare. Add to this the pressures…
Pediatricians see patients across the age continuum from neonate to young adult and address a wide range of developmental and disease processes. As the patient matures, the pediatric goals gradually transition from counseling and seeking only parental or guardian consent…
Pediatricians see patients across the age continuum from neonate to young adult and address a wide range of developmental and disease processes. As the patient matures, the pediatric goals gradually transition from counseling and seeking only parental or guardian consent…
Although the United States has one of the top healthcare systems in the world, it is apparent that the numbers of medical errors are at unacceptably high levels. A 2016 report stated that the average number of annual in-hospital deaths…
Process improvement in healthcare delivery has not been part of medical training until recently. This has been felt to be an essential skill to move forward with improving health care outcomes, reduction in errors, improvement in efficiencies and reducing costs….
Lowell General Hospital RSS Programs are planned/presented by LGH medical staff and targets the same audience and offered (ex. weekly, monthly, bimonthly and/or quarterly. Due to the sensitive of the material presented during RSS Programs, these are for LGH Medical…
Lowell General Hospital Grand Rounds is a weekly seminar series to support the academic environment of the Lowell General Hospital Medical Staff. Topics and speakers are selected to provide faculty and trainees with up-to-date knowledge about timely issues in medicine…
This course goes beyond sound prescribing practices, examining the personal and professional reasons why clinicians fail to prescribe properly. The curriculum covers common misconceptions about opioids, assessment of patients for misuse potential, setting prescribing-related boundaries, team-based pain management approaches, and…
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