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2. Medical error - Wikipedia

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   Variations in healthcare provider training & experience [45] [52] and failure to acknowledge the prevalence and seriousness of medical errors also increase the risk. [53] [54] The so-called July effect occurs when new residents arrive at teaching hospitals, causing an increase in medication errors according to a study of data from 1979 to 2006.

3. Complication (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Medical errors can fall into various categories listed below: [3] Medication: Medication medical errors include wrong prescription, impaired delivery, or improper adherence. The process of prescribing medication is a complex process that relies on the accurate transfer of information through various parties.

4. Patient safety - Wikipedia

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   Slonim and Pollack point out that safety is critical to reducing medical errors and adverse events. These problems can range from diagnostic and treatment errors to hospital-acquired infections, procedural complications, and failure to prevent problems such as pressure ulcers. [119]

5. Iatrogenesis - Wikipedia

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   7,000 due to medication errors in hospitals; 20,000 due to other errors in hospitals; 80,000 due to nosocomial infections in hospitals; 106,000 due to non-error, negative effects of drugs; Based on these figures, iatrogenesis may cause as many as 225,000 deaths per year in the United States (excluding recognizable error).

6. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Another study notes that about 1.14 million patient-safety incidents occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations in the Medicare population over the years 2000–2002. Hospital costs associated with such medical errors were estimated at $324 million in October 2008 alone. [6] Approximately 17,000 malpractice cases are filed in the U.S. each ...

7. Hypoglycemia - Wikipedia

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   If a person without diabetes accidentally takes medications that are traditionally used to treat diabetes, this may also cause hypoglycemia. [3] [2] These medications include insulin, glinides, and sulfonylureas. [3] [2] This may occur through medical errors in a healthcare setting or through pharmacy errors, also called iatrogenic hypoglycemia ...