Everything posted by Alex Mendelsohn
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What if psychiatrists reported all their mistakes to NASA? (2 April 2026)
Content ArticleA hypothetical proposal for a national incident reporting system in the United States. Drawing on lessons from aviation safety history and patient safety literature, a detailed plan is progressively built (initially centred in psychiatry), covering aspects that make an incident reporting system effective.
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A litany of medical mistakes (3 June 2025)
Content ArticleAn article about the many mistakes that were made by healthcare staff after a patient's adverse reaction to an antidepressant.
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The surprising history of patient safety reporting systems
Content ArticleThis article chronicles the development of patient safety incident reporting systems. From the first implementation by nurses in the 1930s to learn from medication errors, to the accidental revolution in anaesthesiology, and the explosion of reporting systems at the turn of the millennium.