Patient Safety Perspective

• The Autopsy of Dr Death: An Interview With Laura Beil Dr. Death is a podcast that explores the criminal conviction of Christopher Duntsch. Host and writer Laura Beil discusses what the case says about the medical system and how to avoid the next 'Dr Death.'
  Medscape Med Students, October 2018
• Remove a Penicillin Allergy Label: Safe, and Saves Money Children who tested negative for penicillin allergy were able to subsequently tolerate penicillin.
  Medscape Pediatrics, October 2018
• Nurses: How Is Your Hospital Staffed, and Is It Safe? If you are concerned about or satisfied with nurse staffing at your hospital, we want to hear from you.
  Medscape Nurses, October 2018
• 5 Tough New Ethical Dilemmas for Doctors Some ethical dilemmas that physicians deal with in their practice have been around for many years, but new ones have arisen, revolving around technology and business practices.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2018
• Is Confidence a Crucial Trait for Physicians?   A bioethicist talks about physicians' style of communication in terms of instilling confidence and trust in patients.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2018
• False Cancer Diagnosis Leads to Malpractice Suit; More Patient and his family suffer a 'week of hell'; Fessing up can lower malpractice risks, study says; Is this new law a help or a hindrance?; Sovereign immunity can be extended, panel rules.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, September 2018
• A Hit Documentary Exposes Psychiatry's Past Failures Dr Robert Berezin on the tale of triplets separated at birth for a tragically misguided purpose.
  Medscape Psychiatry, September 2018
• CV Effects and Hypoglycemia: Is Propranolol Safe for Infants? A new study examines the safety of propranolol treatment for the most common tumor in children.
  Medscape Pediatrics, September 2018
• Malpractice Case: Are You Sure the Patient Received the Test Results? This case shows why it is crucial for physicians to have a fail-safe plan to contact patients to discuss any test results.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, September 2018
• Diabetes Patients Beg, Ration Insulin in Cost Crisis The high cost of insulin is driving some patients to reuse supplies and hoard insulin, with serious health implications -- sometimes even death.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 2018
• Drug Safety Warnings and Updates: April-June 2018 Don't miss these important summaries of safety labeling changes and boxed warnings by the FDA for the second quarter of 2018.
  FDA Expert Commentaries and Interviews, September 2018
• 7 Strategies to Improve Medication Reconciliation Hospitalists are tasked with creating an accurate list of all medications that a patient is taking. Presented are seven strategies used to improve the process.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, September 2018
• Medication Reconciliation: Useful Tool or Box to Check? Medication reconciliation has become a rote process but has the potential to improve safety and quality of care.
  Medscape Nurses, August 2018
• ESC 2018Ten Things I Learned About Aspirin at ESC Two neutral trials inform an everyday clinical question: who should take aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. John Mandrola spoke with both investigators; these are his takeaways.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 2018
• ESC 2018Overprescribing in the Elderly: We Have a Problem Melissa Walton-Shirley sat in on a presentation about polypharmacy in older patients and learned some surprising statistics.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 2018
• Missing a 'Zebra': See What Physicians Say Medical students learn to diagnose common diseases more so than rare ones. Yet delayed or missed diagnosis can trigger a lawsuit. What do physicians think about looking for 'horses' instead of 'zebras'?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 2018
• Does Patient Care Suffer When Physicians Can't Be Sued?; More Does care suffer when physicians can't be held liable?; Sued more often, orthopedic surgeons fare better in court; Botched scoliosis surgery leads to record award; Jury absolves ob/gyn of malpractice.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 2018
• Be Aware of These Nine Questionable Clinics Integrative medicine, bogus cancer treatment, antiaging, low T, and more -- what do you need to know about the proliferation of these clinics in medicine?
  Medscape Public Health, January 2017
• Millennial Physicians: Debunking the Stereotype   Lazy and unfocused or tech-savvy and ambitious? Dr Patel explores and challenges some of the stereotypes associated with millennial physicians.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, August 2018
• For Better Clinical Research, Collaborate With Statisticians   Volunteering at a VA hospital was the first step in biostatistician Frank Harrell's illustrious career in cardiovascular research.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 2018