hi all
this entire issue seems to be devoted to 'medical error' questions and solutions
i don't think i should post the whole thing [!}
but it looks very interesting to me
janet
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eBMJ Customised @lerts: Table of Contents for Saturday, 18 March 2000
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eBMJ: http://www.bmj.com/
This issue's table of contents:
http://www.bmj.com/content/vol320/issue7237/
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Editor's Choice
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Facing up to medical error
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0
This Week in the BMJ
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Lower error rates in reading radiographs can be sustained by redesigning the system
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/b
Older people suffer more adverse events but they have more complex care
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/c
Healthcare staff deny effects of stress and tiredness
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/d
Portable computerised prescribing may reduce errors
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/e
Preventive home visits need improving
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/f
A system approach to reducing error works better than focusing on individuals
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/g
Editorials
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Safe health care: are we up to it?
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/725
Medical error: the second victim
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/726
Accreditation's role in reducing medical errors
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/727
Why error reporting systems should be voluntary
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/728
Let's talk about error
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/730
News
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MPs call for safeguards for people with personality disorder
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/731
Force feeding of Ian Brady declared lawful
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/731/a
Type 2 diabetes is a major drain on resources
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/732
Imitating Mickey Mouse can be dangerous
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/732/a
In brief
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/732/b
New standards set for abortion care
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/733
Another option for Down's syndrome screening available
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/733/a
Charity calls for help for people of Aral Sea area
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/734
Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/734/a
UK juniors to debate pay offer
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/734/b
Rate of HIV transmission among Africans in UK "underestimated"
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/735
Adding fatty acids to baby milk improves development
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/735/a
US drug companies announce vaccine initiative
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736
Transplanted pancreatic stem cells can reverse diabetes in mice
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/a
News Extra
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Coeliac disease specific antigen found
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/b
Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/c
Irish government sets up inquiry into retained body organs
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/d
UK junior doctors will debate improved pay offer
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/e
Listen to patients, urges mental health report
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/f
Sex: when less means more
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/g
Papers
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Reducing errors made by emergency physicians in interpreting radiographs: longitudinal study
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/737
Incidence and types of preventable adverse events in elderly patients:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/741
Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/745
Implementation of rules based computerised bedside prescribing and administration
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/750
General Practice
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Effects of preventive home visits to elderly people living in the community
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/754
Clinical Review
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Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/759
ABC of arterial and venous disease: Acute limb ischaemia
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/764
Education and Debate
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Human error: models and management
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/768
System changes to improve patient safety
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/771
Epidemiology of medical error
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/774
How to investigate and analyse clinical incidents
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/777
On error management: lessons from aviation
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/781
Anaesthesiology as a model for patient safety in health care
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/785
Using information technology to reduce rates of medication errors in hospitals
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/788
Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient safety
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/791
Detecting and reporting medical errors: why the dilemma?
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/794
Website of the week: Error in medicine
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/811/a
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