Technology Problems in the O.R.
November 5, 2013 | Terry Sharrer
This piece reports that in addition to “never events” which still happen during surgical operations, a quarter of all errors are technology related, and a significant percentage of those are major errors due to equipment failure. Supposedly, checklists could halve all errors, but it is unclear if half of equipment failure could be foreseen. It’s also worth mentioning that technology drives hospital costs more than that of uninsured patients. MORE