Send us a voicemail! Look-alike medicines, unclear communication and distractions during administration – medication errors may occur for many different reasons. They all have in common that they are unintended mistakes in the drug treatment process that may or may not lead to patient harm. In this episode Ghita Benabdallah and Loubna Alj from the national p ... Show More
May 2024
Can We Harmonize Medication Management Across Europe?
According to WHO, the global cost associated with medication errors is 42 billion US dollars. Errors can happen at the point of prescribing, transcribing from one system to the other, or administration, when the wrong patient is given either the wrong drug or the wrong dose. Medi ... Show More
36m 52s
Mar 2022
Everyone’s going to make a mistake
Medicine is complex, and as a doctor you won't always do the right thing - but you can prepare yourself for when mistakes happen, both emotionally and logistically.
In this episode of Doctor Informed, Clara Munro is joined by Susanna Stamford, a patient who was on the receiving ... Show More
51m 33s
Mar 2023
SCCM Pod-471: Mitigating Diagnostic Delays and Errors With Emphasis on Sepsis
Diagnostic delays and errors are significant contributors to patient illness, injury, and death in the United States. According to the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, diagnostic errors impact nearly 12 million Americans every year, leading to prolonged hospital stays, i ... Show More
28m 33s