What’s a ‘never event’? That was my first question, too, when I heard about this new development. ‘Never event’ is the term used to describe medical errors that should never happen. Despite the name, however, ‘never events’ sometimes happen. Examples: a sponge left in your chest after surgery, or an amputation of the wrong limb. [...]
Category Archives: Medical malpractice
Early this July, the CEO of large hospital in Boston posted a blog entitled: “The message you hope never to send.” Talk about a jarring headline for anyone with loved ones at the hospital. What was in the message? A post that admitted to a glaring mistake; doctors operated on the wrong side of a [...]