If you’re wondering why surgical errors happen, you’re not alone. If you or a loved one has been harmed during a medical ...

Mistakes which led surgical items to be left behind in patients post-op cost the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ...

Robots have been trained to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even learning to correct their own mistakes during surgeries.

Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates ...

In a surgical theater that still relies on paper checklists, the Black Box is a huge step forward. —Jeffrey Kluger ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University have successfully trained robots to perform surgical tasks with the precision of human doctors by watching videos. This ...

At least 1 in 5 of the complications were attributed to medical errors. Researchers arrived at the figures after looking into the outcomes for more than 1,000 people admitted to 11 hospitals for ...

Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a ...

Although most medical treatments are performed without issue, a small percentage often results in errors that can cause significant harm. These errors, ranging from surgical mistakes to misdiagnoses, ...

Alarmed at the high rate of surgical mistakes especially in Africa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2008 had developed a safety checklist to be strictly followed in any major surgery.

The firm is reviewing claims involving surgical errors, misdiagnoses, delayed treatment, medication mistakes, and other forms of medical negligence that may have led to severe patient injuries or ...