Public files reveal errors at New York hospitals
State Health Department notes deficiencies from 1998 and 1999 across Central New York hospitals. Reports cite falls risk, delayed interventions, inadequate pain relief, forceps use policy updates, and gaps in radiology, newborn information, and emergency power. Six incident types are required to be reported, including patient deaths, fires, equipment failures, poisonings, abuse, and external disasters.
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State Health Department
New York
New York State
St Wten. Health.stateny.ces
Medical mishaps reported by state health dept
Data from April 1998 to December 7 in hospitals across Broome Cayuga Chenango Cortland Herkimer Jefferson Oneida Lewis Madison Onondaga Oswego St Lawrence and Tompkins counties. The New York Patient Occurrence Reporting and Tracking System records adverse events not related to the patient’s illness or underlying condition.
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Broome
Cayuga
Chenango
Cortland
Herkimer
Jefferson
Oneida
Lewis
Madison
Onondaga
Oswego
St. Lawrence
Tompkins
State Department of Health
New York
Studies on medical errors from major US studies
Amber Smith reports on two landmark reviews of patient safety in hospitals. Dr Lucian Leape analyzed 30 195 records from New York hospitals in 1984 and found 1 133 adverse events. He defines an adverse event as an unwanted injury caused by medical management resulting in measurable disability.
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Lucian Leape
Institute
America
Lespe
Tamas
Hte Thomas
Report urges national system for medical error reporting
The study led by William Richardson urges a national mandatory public reporting system for medical errors, noting not all mistakes cause harm. It cites VA findings of 2,927 adverse events including 710 deaths from 1997 to 1998, and details regional data from upstate New York hospitals amid broader calls for openness and safety improvements.
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U.S Veterans Administration
Upstate New York
Albany
Bath
Batavia
Buffalo
Canandaigua
Syra
Upstate New York Falls
William Richardson
W.K. Ketloge Foundation
Battle Creek
Mich
New York
James E. McManus
New York City
Veterans Department
New York Times News Service
Syracuse
Fepon
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