THE RIGHT CHOICE OF MEDICINE TRADE NAMES TO PREVENT MEDICAL ERRORS

An article in the British Medical Journal stated, 'In the time it will take you to read this editorial eight patients will be injured, and one will die, from preventable medical errors. … When all sources of error are added up the likelihood that a mishap will injure a patient in hospital is at least 3% and probably much higher.' This is a serious public health problem. In recent years, patients' expectations of our healthcare system have shifted from 'the right to receive treatment' to 'the right to be cured'. This fact is illustrated by the growing numbers of trials involving cases of negligence or incompetence.

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FAKTOR – FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PENERAPAN PRINSIP ENAM TEPAT PEMBERIAN OBAT

JURNAL MEDIA KESEHATAN ◽

10.33088/jmk.v8i1.260 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 71-77

Author(s):

Sri Haryani

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Medical Errors ◽

Healing Process ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Data Collection Tool ◽

The Right

The drug is one of the most important part of the healing process, healthrestoration and also prevention of a disease. The preparation and administration of drugsshould be done accurately by nurses. JCHO data obtained also showed that 44,000 of the98,000 deaths that occur in hospital every year due to medical errors. Objective Todetermine what factors are associated with the application of the principle of the rightdrug at the hospital six Curup 2014. The method used is descriptive cross sectionalAnalytical approach. Research done in the area of obstetrics and children's hospitalsCurup on April 1 - April 14, 2014. This study use total sampling technique that is 35person. Data collection tool used was a questionnaire and observation sheet. Applicationof the principle of the right drug at the hospital six Curup majority of respondents 23(65.7%) applying the principle of "Six Right" exactly. There is no relationship betweenage, education, and knowledge of the proper application of the six principles ofmedicine. But, there is a relationship between length of employment with the properapplication of the six principles of medicine. It is expected that the hospitaladministration can oversee the implementation of the six principles right.

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Mobile Device Application in Healthcare

Cases on Healthcare Information Technology for Patient Care Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2671-3.ch016 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 276-307

Author(s):

Sandeep Lakkaraju ◽

Santhosh Lakkaraju

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Device ◽

Medical Errors ◽

Technology Implementation ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Utilization Of Technology ◽

Mobile Information ◽

The Right ◽

User Perspectives

Clinical practitioners need to have the right information, at the right time, at the right place, which is possible with mobile healthcare information technology. This chapter will help in understanding the need for mobile device usage across six different roles in healthcare: physicians, nurses, administrative staff, pharmaceutical staff, emergency staff, and patients. Research indicates that even in this advancing digital age, there are more than 98,000 deaths because of preventable medical errors. This can be abated with proper utilization of mobile devices in the healthcare sector. Utilization of technology in the process of sharing information may help in improving the decision making, and thereby reducing the medical errors and costs involved. This chapter illustrates the implementation and the application of mobile devices in healthcare from six different user perspectives, and summarizes the advantages, challenges, and solutions associated with mobile information technology implementation in healthcare.

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Disclosure of medical errors: The right thing to do

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants ◽

10.1097/01720610-201008000-00006 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 23 (8) ◽

pp. 27-29

Author(s):

Kevin M. Schuer ◽

Michael C. Doll ◽

Bob McNellis

Keyword(s):

Medical Errors ◽

The Right

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Medical Errors: Teachable Moments in Doing the Right Thing

Journal of Graduate Medical Education ◽

10.4300/jgme-d-13-00110.1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 550-552 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Daniel Rocke ◽

Walter T. Lee

Keyword(s):

Medical Errors ◽

Teachable Moments ◽

The Right

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Criminal Law Analysis of Iatrogenic Crimes and Practice of Applying the Norms of Criminal Law, Providing Responsibility for their Commission

Pravosudie / Justice ◽

10.37399/2686-9241.2020.3.33-61 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 33-61

Author(s):

R. B. Ivanchenko ◽

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V. A. Zaryaev

Keyword(s):

Criminal Law ◽

Medical Errors ◽

Criminal Code ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Scientific Publications ◽

Expert Opinions ◽

General Scientific ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Right

Introduction. Caring for the health of citizens is the most important task of any state, and the article 41 of the Constitution of Russia directly establishes the right of everyone to protection of health and medical care. Despite the noble and humane mission that medical workers are called upon to carry out, helping people and saving their lives, the problem of medical errors (iatrogenic) leading to tragic consequences has clearly indicated its presence recently. The high public danger of such phenomena causes the need for their criminal law assessment. The problems that arise in this case are connected, first of all, with a diverse understanding of the essence of medical errors and iatrogenic crimes, the lack of uniformity in the application of the criminal law establishing liability for their commission. Theoretical Basis. Methods. The article is based on the analysis of Russian and foreign criminal, administrative, civil legislation, court sentences and decisions, scientific publications in Russian and foreign publications. In addition, expert opinions, doctrinal ideas and opinions on the topics of this work were used. In the process of preparing the article, a number of general scientific and private scientific research methods were used. Results. The article discusses issues related to the specifics of the criminal law assessment of acts committed by medical workers in the process of professional activity. The positions of specialists are given regarding the definition of this specific group of crimes, the author’s vision is formulated on the classification of specific socially dangerous acts as “iatrogenic”. The current legislation in the field of health care is examined, which makes it possible to concretize the terminology used in the articles of the Russian Criminal Code providing liability for iatrogenic crimes. The judicial-investigative practice of applying the indicated norms of the criminal law is analyzed, the problems of qualification of such acts are revealed. Discussion and Conclusion. In conclusion, the authors differentiate such concepts as “medical error”, “accident”, “iatrogenic crime”, determine that the deliberate commission of an iatrogenic crime should be assessed either according to the rules on the circumstances that exclude the criminal act, or as a general criminal act; designate a circle of crimes defined as “iatrogenic”; come to the conclusion that the solution to the problem of counteraction to iatrogenic crimes cannot be associated with the intensification or expansion of criminal repression.

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Mobile Device Application in Healthcare

Healthcare Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6339-8.ch032 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 640-663

Author(s):

Sandeep Lakkaraju ◽

Santhosh Lakkaraju

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Device ◽

Medical Errors ◽

Technology Implementation ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Utilization Of Technology ◽

Mobile Information ◽

The Right ◽

User Perspectives

Clinical practitioners need to have the right information, at the right time, at the right place, which is possible with mobile healthcare information technology. This chapter will help in understanding the need for mobile device usage across six different roles in healthcare: physicians, nurses, administrative staff, pharmaceutical staff, emergency staff, and patients. Research indicates that even in this advancing digital age, there are more than 98,000 deaths because of preventable medical errors. This can be abated with proper utilization of mobile devices in the healthcare sector. Utilization of technology in the process of sharing information may help in improving the decision making, and thereby reducing the medical errors and costs involved. This chapter illustrates the implementation and the application of mobile devices in healthcare from six different user perspectives, and summarizes the advantages, challenges, and solutions associated with mobile information technology implementation in healthcare.

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The Ethical Health Lawyer

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00101.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 813-816 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

William Winslade ◽

E. Bernadette McKinney

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Professional ◽

Health Care Professional ◽

Medical Errors ◽

Medical Error ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Professional Relationship ◽

Patient Health ◽

Natural Inclination ◽

The Right

When a health care professional contacts a health care attorney for advice about how to deal with a medical error involving a patient, what is the most ethically appropriate response? Honesty is the best policy; the ethical health lawyer should advise the client to tell the patient the truth. This advice is neither naïve nor impractical, as we will show. More importantly, it is without question the right thing to do for a number of sound reasons. It may not be a natural inclination or an easy task to accomplish; several countervailing factors discourage health professionals from telling patients the truth about medical errors. However, we will argue that resistance to truthful disclosure can and should be overcome by rational arguments that also take into consideration the psychodynamics of the patient-health professional relationship.

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Confusing brand names - algorithms to assess the confusability to dispensers and risk to patients

International Journal of Scientific Reports ◽

10.18203/issn.2454-2156.intjscirep20150201 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 52

Author(s):

Padmanabh Rataboli ◽

Akshay Khandeparkar ◽

Suvidha Khandolkar ◽

Lokesh Chawla

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Medical Practice ◽

Medical Errors ◽

Potential Risk ◽

Medical Profession ◽

Brand Names ◽

Brand Name ◽

Wrong Drug ◽

Drug Names ◽

The Right

Background: Brand name prescribing has been as integral part of medical practice. Confusing brand names have become a nightmare of medical profession and many are strikingly identical, similar looking (orthographic), or similar sounding (phonological). Such similarities have led to medical errors due to wrong drug being prescribed or dispensed. We have made an attempt to form algorithms to assess the confusability to dispensers or doctors and, to determine the risk to the patients by considering various parameters in the brand names. Methods: Two separate algorithms are prepared with positive and negative markings to assess the confusability and the risk. The scoring system appropriately suggests the confusability of the brand names, as well as the risk posed to the patients if dispensed wrongly. Considering the confusion and the potential risk to the consumers, it is essential that the concerned authorities adopt this algorithm to determine the confusability vis-a-vis safety before they accept a new brand name. Similar brand names should be analysed and the score determined to approve or refuse the new name for the brands.Results: Analysing numerous examples of confusing brand names, it is proposed that an overall combined score of more than 22 (confusability plus risk together) suggests that the two names are highly confusing and pose a high risk to the patients if wrongly prescribed or dispensed. An overall score of 8 or less suggests that the drug names together are neither confusing nor risky. A combined score in between suggests that the drugs analysed are confusing but may or may not pose any risk to the patient.Conclusions: In conclusion, look-alike and sound-alike brand names of various drugs are here to stay. As consumer, one should find out what drug you are taking and what it’s for, and whether the right brand has been dispensed. As a doctor you should write clearly and be thoroughly familiar with the similar brands before you prescribe to prevent any “written” error. As pharmacist, one should not hesitate to phone the physician to verify the brand and its contents if the name is “confusing” with another brand. Keywords: Confusing brand names, Algorithms, Confusability, Risk

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Countering iatrogenic crimes: criminal law and criminal procedure issues

Yugra State University Bulletin ◽

10.17816/byusu2020299-106 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 99-106

Author(s):

Stanislav V. Rozenko ◽

Elena O. Igonina

Keyword(s):

Medical Care ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Criminal Law ◽

Medical Errors ◽

Criminal Procedure ◽

Criminal Code ◽

Medical Law ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Right ◽

To Receive

The article investigates problematic issues of criminal legal counteraction to iatrogenic crimes. Interpretation of industry regulations leads to the conclusion that in the process of procedural verification, the investigator does not have the right to receive information that constitutes a medical secret, which prevents the correct qualification of what was done. The qualification of iatrogenic crimes requires mandatory recourse to medical law. Opening the topic, we study the work of leading Russian specialists in the field of medicine and criminal law. The paper examines the problems of judicial and investigative practice on these criminal attacks. In the course of the study, the authors point to signs of medical errors and defects in the provision of medical care, which allow us to establish General circumstances that affect the exact qualification of the crime. It is proposed to fix in the Criminal code of the Russian Federation independent elements of crimes, that is, special provisions for medical workers, which will eliminate errors in qualification.

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