Medical Errors

If not for flawed classification of deaths, medical mistakes would be the third leading cause of U.S. deaths, Johns Hopkins researchers say. They're calling on the CDC to track deaths from errors.

Over the course of her lifetime, Paula Schulte survived painful scoliosis that contorted her spine, a head injury that left her in a coma for weeks, and…

Improved communication among health-care providers during shift changes reduced injuries due to medical errors by 30 percent, according to a federally…

Masimo Corporation's chief executive is a leading voice in the movement to reduce medical errors, but the Food and Drug Administration says his company isn't properly investigating complaints.

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/021708_full.mp3Topics for this week include: Human Guinea Pigs; Do Smokers Sleep Less?; Doctors Don't Report…