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  2. Patient safety - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, Michael Daniels and Martin A. Makary published a piece in the British Medical Journal that claimed medical errors is the third leading cause of death in America at almost half a million deaths per year. Since this article's publication, several experts have criticized the methodology of their estimate, claiming the claim is the result ...

  3. Death notification - Wikipedia

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    Death notification telegram, 1944. A death notification or, in military contexts, a casualty notification is the delivery of the news of a death to another person. There are many roles that contribute to the death notification process. The notifier is the person who delivers the death notice. Notifiers can be military, medical personnel or law ...

  4. RaDonda Vaught homicide case - Wikipedia

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    After the trial, a Change.org petition requesting clemency for Vaught quickly garnered over 200,000 signatures. [2] [14]In response to the public backlash, the prosecutor's office issued a statement in which it defended its decision to prosecute Vaught: "The jury's conviction of Radonda Vaught was not an indictment against the nursing profession or the medical community.

  5. Hospital medication errors left SoCal patients at risk. One ...

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    State regulators faulted two hospitals in Southern California for medication errors that put patients at risk, including one who suffered a brain bleed after receiving repeated doses of blood thinner.

  6. New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak

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    A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of 64 people. [2] [3] [4] In September 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), began investigating a multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and ...

  7. Options available if an AOL account owner passes away

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    A copy of the death certificate of the AOL account holder, issued in the United States; A copy of the requester's government-issued ID; and; A court order issued in the United States that satisfies AOL's requirements. AOL will provide you the required language for the court order. You can request the content of the account through this form.

  8. Children have died from accidental fentanyl exposures. Here's ...

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    A 3-year-old child died after accidentally being exposed to a family member's fentanyl patch, ... This can lead to death." The medication can also cause drowsiness, nausea, confusion ...

  9. 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 ...