Videos show impact of medical errors
Posted by Jeffrey Roy on January 14, 2008
In powerful new videos, three courageous individuals share how systemic health care quality problems forever changed their lives and the lives of their parents, children, and families. The subjects in the videos are members of the Consumer Health Quality Council of Health Care for All and make a powerful call for reform. You can view them by clicking here.
Health Care For All seeks to create a consumer-centered health care system that provides comprehensive, affordable, accessible, culturally competent, high quality care and consumer education for everyone, especially the most vulnerable. The organization works to achieve this as leaders in public policy, advocacy, education and service to consumers in Massachusetts.
The video stories show how systemic problems in the quality of health care can have a permanent impact on lives. Health Care for All posted these stories to share their experiences and to enact change in the health system for the benefit of future consumers.
In the first video, Linda lost her mother to preventable medical errors. In the second, Ginny’s life was changed forever by a preventable hospital-acquired infection. And in the third, Lisa survived a terrible misdiagnosis and as an empowered health care consumer later saved her daughter from the same misdiagnosis.
If you are moved to do something, please visit http://www.hcfama.org/quality to join the movement for a safer, higher quality health care system.
January 14, 2008 at 6:10 pm
ARUP Laboratories along with the University of Utah’s Department of Pathology noticed the increase in medical errors and everyone involved with heatlhcare should know that ARUP is trying to bridge the communication gap between physicians and the lab by providing current laboratory test suggestions/interpretations through an online resource called ARUP Consult.
ARUP Consult- The Physician’s Guide to Laboratory Test Selection and Interpretation is for physicians at the point of care. Since more than 80 percent of major healthcare decisions are based on lab test results, it is extremely important and vital to get the right information and diagnoses the first time. This resource will help alleviate misdiagnosis and unnecessary lab testing, resulting in saved time and money for both patient and physician.
Ask your physician if they’ve checked out ARUP Consult, or look it up for yourself the next time you get diagnosed with something and hopefully avoid potentially being misdiagnosed. I hope this helps.
http://www.arupconsult.com