Becker's ASC

Interrupting Questions Most Likely to Cause Surgical Errors During Simulation

Results from a study published in the Archives of Surgery show interrupting questions caused the most surgical errors during simulation procedures by surgeons-in-training. For the study, researchers ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Medicare Surgical Error Billing Policy Goes Into Effect

Medicare Surgical Error Billing Policy Goes Into Effect Starting Oct. 5, hospitals will be required to submit two claims to Medicare when a surgical error is reported along with a covered service, ...
Becker's ASC

Influence of Human Transcription Errors on Surgical Scheduling

At the 20th Annual Spine, Orthopedic + Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, attendees were able to gain insight into the influence of human transcription errors on surgical scheduling. The ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Checklists Cut Surgical Equipment Errors by Nearly Half

Checklists or similar tools decreased the rate of equipment errors in operating rooms by nearly half, according to a study in BMJ Quality & Safety. A review of 28 studies revealed surgical errors were ...
Global Times

Probe into baby’s post-surgery death finds misjudgment of risk, surgical errors and care failures, disciplinary actions announced: local authority statement

Probe into a baby's death following surgery in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang, which had sparked public concern and speculation, found inadequate risk assessment, surgical errors, and failures in ...
ABC News

Surgical Errors Cost Almost $1.5B a Year

July 29 -- MONDAY, July 28 (HealthDay News) -- Preventing medical errors that occur during or after surgery could save lives and almost $1.5 billion a year, according to U.S. Agency for Healthcare ...