Medical errors will take 200,000+ lives in the U.S. this year. It’s 3 million lives worldwide.
Bill Clinton’s keynote speech at the recent 4th World Patient Safety Summit highlighted the issues around patient safety and medical error. ‘Linkedin’ has a ‘Medical Devices Group’ (with 300,000 members) that you can join to see what’s being discussed around the world and share your thoughts. Webinars, product information, advice and tips are also available for manufacturers and medical device suppliers.
Discussions around patient safety, human factors, user instructions, easier training, better precautions and sharing how patient data can be shared to help clinicians make the right choices are also discussed.
Patient Safety Movement Website
Medical Devices Group (Linkedin)