Both the Tenerife plane collision and the medical error at a community hospital were caused by the accumulation of multiple lapses, including communication and authority gradients, and the lack of a system to catch human errors, which can be prevented by implementing crew resource management, cross-checks/checklists, and improved communication skills.
Greetings health colleagues, and welcome to the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) update, writes EAPM Executive Director Dr. Denis Horgan. Screening for the biggest cancer killer: Beating lung cancer through screening guidelines? Today (20 September) is the day that the European Commission will publish its proposal to update Council recommendations on cancer screening. It’s long […]
As Covid-19 swept across the globe, one factor became blindlingly obvious: disease does not recognise borders. The EU is implementing digital initiatives in all member states to ensure high quality cross-border healthcare for consenting EU citizens, wherever they become ill or injured.
One thing that the Covid-19 pandemic categorically demonstrated to the world was that disease does not recognise borders. So why should EU patients? By sharing cross-border health data doctors can now treat patients from other member states by using Patient Summary services and e-prescriptions.