ReviewMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2013
Clinical errors and medical negligence.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Evaluation of the Medication Never Events and Related Factors: A Nationwide Database Study.Advanced biomedical research · 2026Article
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- Relationship between Medication Safety Competence and Perception of Medication Administration Errors among Clinical Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study.Journal of caring sciences · 2025Review
- Interprofessional Educational Interventions to Improve Pharmacological Knowledge and Prescribing Competency in Medical Students and Trainees: A Scoping Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Two decades of dental malpractice litigations in Türkiye: a retrospective matched cohort study analyzing legal and clinical outcomes.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- The Value of Clinical Decision Support in Healthcare: A Focus on Screening and Early Detection.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Development of a standard operating procedure for investigational product rights of administration in clinical trials.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2025Article
- Defensive Medicine in an Emergency Department: The Overuse of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Testing.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning Guidelines Implemented by Health Care Professionals in Specialized Care Units: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
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Abstract
This paper discusses the definition, nature and origins of clinical errors including their prevention. The relationship between clinical errors and medical negligence is examined as are the characteristics of litigants and events that are the source of litigation. The pattern of malpractice claims in different specialties and settings is examined. Among hospitalized patients worldwide, 3-16% suffer injury as a result of medical intervention, the most common being the adverse effects of drugs. The frequency of adverse drug effects appears superficially to be higher in intensive care units and emergency departments but once rates have been corrected for volume of patients, comorbidity of conditions and number of drugs prescribed, the difference is not significant. It is concluded that probably no more than 1 in 7 adverse events in medicine result in a malpractice claim and the factors that predict that a patient will resort to litigation include a prior poor relationship with the clinician and the feeling that the patient is not being kept informed. Methods for preventing clinical errors are still in their infancy. The most promising include new technologies such as electronic prescribing systems, diagnostic and clinical decision-making aids and error-resistant systems.
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