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The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety has released its most recent findings, and they aren’t very good. The Center tracks public health outcomes for the state of Massachusetts, and was created in response to the death of a 39-year-old mother of two due to medical error. The center was

Computers don’t make mistakes, or so we’re told. One of the advantages of computerizing medical records, prescribing systems, and other systems is to eliminate the chance of human error. People make mistakes, but computers can only do what they are programmed to do. Unfortunately, the fact the computer needs to

You don’t want to cause trouble. Maybe you’re out for your morning jog, or walking to the store, or even just out getting the morning paper or afternoon mail. You notice a dog is wandering the neighborhood, and you just assume that one of the neighbors’ dogs is running loose.

Cities and towns across the nation are finally getting it right. After years and years of children getting injured in sledding accidents in municipal parks and on other public property, city councils and other organizations are finally paying attention and putting an end to this dangerous activity. No longer will

Ryan Maseth wanted nothing more than to serve his country and make his family proud when he was stationed in Iraq in 2007. In January of 2008 he was still trying to do his duty to country and family when he entered the showers of his barracks. He had no

You’ve put it off all year. You’ve made excuses for not doing it. It will take too much time. You don’t even know where to start. There’s no one you can ask for advice. You’re nervous to take the first step. What if you pour your heart out, and then

It started with a recommendation. When the government first heard that some Graco car seats might be unsafe, they contacted the company and asked for additional information. Parents were reporting difficulties getting their children unbuckled and out of the car seat in a reasonable amount of time. The government also

There are few words more terrifying to hear on the evening news that “toy recall.” Sadly, we hear those words far too often. With toy injuries on the rise, according to a recent press release from Consumer Reports, it is more important than ever that parents are aware of how

When news came down that Chrysler was finally acknowledging the defect in more than 1.5 million of their Jeeps that left the gas tank prone to explosion in the case of rear-end collisions, most people assumed the worst was over. Though it had taken a great deal of prodding to

Fail-safes are supposed to exist for a reason, to make sure that no matter how many mistakes any one individual makes, the worst-case scenario is never realized. A hospital in Oregon supposedly had fail-safes, but what happened there on December 1st, 2014 is simply proof that fail-safes are only as