When we think about medical errors and patient safety, we generally envision hospital disasters like cutting off the wrong leg in surgery or giving the wrong medicine in an IV that stops someone's ...

In this segment, Dr Berger asked about errors in test result interpretation, as well as the problem of inconsistent testing. Panelists showed concern with unregulated direct-to-consumer testing. In ...

There is an increasing awareness of the impact of errors in medicine on the patient and on the entire healthcare system. It is estimated that as many as 98,000 people die annually in the USA as a ...

A panel of experts has concluded that testing errors were not to blame for unexpected swings in scores on Maryland's high-stakes elementary and middle school exams, clearing the way for state ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- After plummeting for days, the number of COVID-19 tests reported in Texas suddenly jumped by 124,693 on Thursday, which state health officials said was a result of coding errors and ...