HealthLeaders Media July 24, 2019
The nonprofit’s expanded Never Event Policy is designed to hold hospitals accountable to their patients and attain high reliability in healthcare.
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Estimates of fatal medical errors range from 210,000 to 440,000 lives annually.
The Leapfrog Group’s nine-point Never Event Policy includes apologizing to patients when adverse events occur.
About three-quarters of U.S. hospitals adhere to all elements of the Never Event Policy.
Hospitals need to hold themselves accountable when errors lead to catastrophic consequences for patients, the leader of a national quality and safety organization says.
Preventable adverse events in hospitals are one of the leading causes of death in the United States, with estimatesof lives lost ranging from 210,000 to 440,000 annually. Serious harm is as high...
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