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title: "Following a Medical Error: What Patients Want"
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# [Following a Medical Error: What Patients Want](https://blog.centerforpatientsafety.org/2017/11/07/following-a-medical-error-what-patients-want)

 Written by [Eunice Halverson, MA, CPPS](https://blog.centerforpatientsafety.org/author/eunice-halverson-ma-cpps) | Nov 7, 2017 2:27:27 PM

*Becker’s Infection Control* shared a [summary](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/what-patients-really-want-physicians-to-do-after-a-medical-error.html) of an article from *JAMA Internal Medicine* with results of interviews completed with 27 patients regarding what they want from their physician following a medical error.  It’s not surprising that patients want to know what the hospital is doing to prevent recurrence of the medical error.  But regretfully, only 6 of 30 family members and patients received this information.  Health care providers:  we can do better!        

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