Tootsie’s Story: Medical Error Takes a Life
February 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Jennifer Bellot writes about losing her grandmother to complications from a medical error.
Medical Errors
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Better Environments for Nurses Mean Fewer Medication Errors
August 28, 2012 | News Release
Interdisciplinary study affirms vital role of nurses in ensuring patient safety, focuses on work environment factors that improve health and fiscal outcomes.
Nurse-Scientist Explores Ways to Prevent Patient Safety Events in the Operating Room
February 26, 2012 | Story
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar explores how perioperative practices, processes and staffing policies may contribute to postoperative infections.
A 62-Year-Old Woman with Skin Cancer Who Experienced Wrong-Site Surgery
August 12, 2009 | Journal Article
This article looks at how medical errors are handled in the health professions and suggests that full disclosure of the mistake, in addition to an apology and follow-up, may be the best way to approach this sensitive topic.
Disclosing Harmful Mammography Errors to Patients
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Although many professional medical organizations recommend disclosing errors to patients, studies suggest that disclosure is the exception rather than the rule. Little research examining radiologists' willingness to disclose mammography-related errors has been conducted. This study surveyed 364 radiologists at seven Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium sites.
Physicians, Nurses and Parents Must Team Up To Avoid Medication Errors for Children
September 21, 2010 | Story
Greatly improved scrutiny of prescription medication regimens is needed to protect children with chronic illnesses--such as cancer--from incorrect dosages and other problems.
Ten Years After "To Err Is Human," Nurses and Patient Safety Experts Examine Progress in Reducing Medical Errors
December 6, 2009 | Story
RWJF's INQRI hosts two-week blog featuring diverse health leaders.
Providing Safer, Higher Quality Pediatric Care
March 6, 2013 | Story
A grantee team focuses on how to do a better job of caring for children
New on RWJF.org
February 11, 2013 | Story
Tootsie’s story, what’s new on the RWJF Human Capital Blog, and more.
Nurses and Medication Management
December 16, 2011 | Program Result Report
Interdisciplinary research teams at four institutions examined nursing's role in - and contribution to - medication management in hospital and transitional care settings.