Hospital high death rates

Is anytning going to be done to make hospitals safer and better?

Consider checklists, maybe?

Probably not on a large scale.

Battle brews over access to hospital records

Some naively believe reasonable access is possible.

The tooth fairy exists?

It doesn't!

Boo Hoo

Checklists cut surgery deaths

Surprise - Surprise

Wide-Reaching Checklist Improves Surgery

Making a list and checking it twice -- before and after surgery -- appears to reduce complications, including deaths, researchers have found.

Police to investigate death of man who waited 34 hours in Winnipeg ER

Winnipeg police say they have launched an investigation to determine whether a criminal offence was committed in connection with the death of Brian Sinclair at a hospital emergency room.

Brian Sinclair waited 34 hours in the emergency room,

but died without getting treatment

Robbie’s Law

Robbie’s Law and the Need for a Statutory Duty of Candour - October 14th, 2010

The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations, which came into force in April 2010, provide for a statutory duty on healthcare providers to report incidents which harm patients to the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).

AvMA’s report states that, “everyone needs to understand that it is simply unacceptable to allow dishonesty over medical accidents. Sending the message that cover ups may be tolerated (as the current arrangements do) can in no way support an open and fair culture.”

Legal Duty of Candour - 'Robbie's Law'

PROPOSAL FOR A

LEGAL DUTY OF CANDOUR IN HEALTHCARE

Self Regulation

Is this the result we should expect?

http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Arrogant_Worms:The_Prescription_Drug_Song

Preposterous, slanderous depiction of an honourable profession!

Does this article tend to vindicate the Arrogant Worms' lyrics?

Revealed: NHS fails to curb lethal painkiller errors

Exclusive: 1,300 dosage mistakes leave three dead as research finds patient safety directives not being met

Thursday 12 August 2010

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Oh, isn't it remarkable at how confident we can be with the effectiveness of the self regulation that the medical profession has achieved world wide?

Are patients safer?

Patient group aims to lift veil on medical errors

Each year, medical errors kill almost 24,000 Canadians, yet many patients say they struggle getting hospital staff to admit the mistakes. That why they've formed a new group calling for that to change.

That's nearly one needless death every 20 minutes!


Patients for Patient Safety Canada




Patients for Patient Safety Canada Launches Nationally



An average of 195,000 people in the USA died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002

That's nearly one needless death every 3 minutes!

DOCTORS ACCOUNTABLE‽ ! ?

Something to think about



COLLEGE QUIETLY DROPS INVESTIGATION
OF EX- CHIEF CORONER JAMES YOUNG
ON AGREEMENT HE WON'T RE-APPLY

Inquiry may be held into boy's death in 1990

An example of the swift response
to clear up ethical questions dealing with the
MEDICAL PROFESSIONS?

NHS blunder changed organ donors' wishes

Families allowed organs to be donated,
after being given wrong information
on what consent had been given

Makes one feel real comfortable with Ontario's,

Fair Notice

"An important change in how organ and tissue donation decisions are registered in Ontario.

Now, when you register or renew your health card at a ServiceOntario Office, you will be advised that only a “YES” to organ and tissue donation is being collected and stored in the OHIP database.",

doesn't it?


Organ transplants: Relative ethics
Examining the ethics of transplants
21 April 2010