Show 1209: How a Doctor Confronts Medical Error

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

When hospitals are overstressed and understaffed, as they have been during the COVID-19 pandemic, medical errors are hardly surprising. Back in 2016, a group of doctors published an analysis in the BMJ claiming that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US. Could this really be true? Learn how a thoughtful […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.
0:12.4	com. of Health Topics at People's Pharmacy.com
0:14.0	What's it like to practice medicine in the middle of a pandemic?
0:18.0	Dr. Danielle Ophry is a doctor at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
0:23.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady.
0:27.0	Dr. O'rey is the author of When We Do Harm, a doctor confronts medical error.
0:40.0	How common are medical mistakes?
0:42.6	Dr. Ophrey provides an in-depth exploration
0:46.0	of this challenging topic.
0:47.6	It can be hard for a health care professional
0:50.1	to speak up even if they witness a potential mistake.
0:53.6	When Dr. O'Fry was a medical student,
0:55.8	she said nothing about a needle stick during surgery
0:58.8	even though she could have been exposed to HIV as a result.
1:03.0	Coming up on the Peebles Pharmacy Medical Errors
1:06.2	and How to Avoid Them. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, there's growing evidence that people without symptoms are able to spread the coronavirus infection.
1:23.0	New data from several sources
1:25.0	suggests that a significant proportion of people infected
1:28.0	with SARS Cove 2,
1:30.0	the virus that causes COVID-19,
1:32.0	are asymptomatic when tested.
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