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"Patients' perspectives on quality and patient safety failures: lessons" by Mina Motamedi, Chris Degeling et al.

Background: Transvaginal mesh (TVM) surgeries emerged as an innovative treatment for stress urine incontinency and/or pelvic organ prolapse in 1996. Years after rapid adoption of these surgeries into practice, they are a key example of worldwide failure of healthcare quality and patient safety. The prevalence of TVM-associated harms eventually prompted action globally, including an Australian Commonwealth Government Senate Inquiry in 2017. Method: We analysed 425 submissions made by women (n = 417) and their advocates (n = 8) to the Australian Senate Inquiry, and documents from 5 public hearings, using deductive and inductive coding, categorisation and thematic analysis informed by three ‘linked dilemmas’ from healthcare quality and safety theory. We focused on women’s accounts of: a) how harms arose from TVM procedures, and b) micro, meso and macro factors that contributed to their experience. Our aim was to explain, from a patient perspective, how these harms persisted in Austr ....

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California Society of Plastic Surgeons calls for tighter regulations on outpatient cosmetic surgery

"California Society of Plastic Surgeons calls for regulation of doctors performing outpatient cosmetic surgery to protect patients from harm." ....

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Physician associates accused of illegally prescribing drugs and missing diagnoses

Physician associates have attempted to illegally prescribe drugs at dozens of NHS trusts and missed life-threatening diagnoses, a dossier claims. ....

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Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records

Thousands of medical devices are sold, and even implanted, with no safety tests. ....

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Health IT information blocking penalties start Sept. 1

HHS will begin enforcing health IT information blocking penalties Sept. 1. Under the 21st Century Cures Act, certified health IT developers and entities can be fined up to $1 million. ....

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