Safety-II: learning and improving how common situations goes well. The example of the treatment with High-dose of Methotrexate
Author: Lorenzo Alonso
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To Err is Human and Beyond
Medical practice has never been a “zero risk” activity since the old historic times, when emperors and kings ordered mutilation or even a death sentence when something went wrong. Continue reading Safety-II: learning and improving how common situations goes well. The example of the treatment with High-dose of Methotrexate →
A fall is not an uncommon event for hospitalized patient. We know now that many of them can be prevented because this is a high risk situation for the safety of the patients.
These pictures show one of the most dramatic consequences: an intracranial bleeding.
You can see a presentation here: http://es.slideshare.net/lorenzo-alonso/a-root-cause-analysis-of-a-fall
Patient safety and sex have something in common: no one knows how to define them but everyone recognize them when is present. The Patient Safety movement changed some medical landscape dramatically (anesthesia for instance) but now the progression is slow. What are the reasons for that?……
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The Diagnostic Improvement theory is based in the assumption that two factors are involved in a diagnostic failure, the system, or the external environment, and the cognitive process of pattern recognition and decision making. Can we select a simple rule with an important impact for improvement?… Continue reading Pattern recognition or Patient recognition?: a real clinical improvement →
Disorientation and agitation are common in old patients inside the hospital and they are treated with sedative and hypnotic very often. As a consequence a low level of consciousness is common in this population. But sometimes the reason is more subtle. Many patients are treated with analgesic patches located in different subcutaneous areas. When they are located on the back they could be undetected and the patient will have a high probability for overdose.
Improving Diagnosis and Clinical Practice
