Make No Mistake About It: When It Comes to Caring for Children with Chronic Conditions, Errors Can Occur

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So much attention is being paid nowadays to reducing medical errors, yet mistakes can and do continue to occur. That is the message conveyed in an analysis of the 2006 Inpatient Database by Ahuja et al. (doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2555) focusing on medical errors per 100 hospital discharges with a special focus on children with chronic conditions. Just what kind of errors are seen and in what chronic conditions awaits your perusal. In your quest to improve the quality of care you provide and reduce the chance of error, you can’t go wrong by reading this interesting article.