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Medical error

A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of care ("iatrogenesis"), whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. This might include an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis or treatment of a disease, injury, syndrome, behavior, infection, or other ailments.

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Medical error

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related to US · 19
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related to Healthcare complexity · 16
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related to Human factors and ergonomics · 13
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related to Misconceptions · 13
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has cause · 6
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related to Outpatient vs. inpatient · 6
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related to System and process design · 6
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related to Covering up errors · 5
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related to Competency, education, and training · 4
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