Patient Safety Blog

Following a Medical Error: What Patients Want

Written by Eunice Halverson, MA, CPPS | Nov 7, 2017 2:27:27 PM

Becker’s Infection Control shared a summary 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!