Mentice AB - blog posts http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/list Mynewsdesk news feed straight from the source Mentice AB - blog posts http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/list http://www.mynewsdesk.com/images/redesign/graphics/logos/logo-small.png 128 23 sv 15 How Many Deaths Are Due to Medical Error? Do we have the right numbers or are we guessing? #patientSafety Mon, 14 May 2012 04:18:00 -0400 Just over a decade ago, the patient safety movement gained strength in the United Kingdom and the United States as both countries were publically humiliated with high profile cases of medical mistakes which led to investigation and two key reports being published in 1999 (The Institute of Medicine’s To Err is Human in the US) and in 2000 (An Organisation with a Memory in the UK). http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/view/how-many-deaths-are-due-to-medical-error-do-we-have-the-right-numbers-or-are-we-guessing-12609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=blog_post http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/view/how-many-deaths-are-due-to-medical-error-do-we-have-the-right-numbers-or-are-we-guessing-12609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=blog_post Mentice AB Are you prepared when life changes in a heartbeat? Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:21:26 -0400 This week our Director of Technology Per Warvås is providing his thoughts on the incident from last week where the professional footballer Fabrice Muamba suffered from Cardiac Arrest . As a fanatic sportsman and soccer fan, Per took this very emotionally and is trying to highlight his thoughts on how we deal with serious incidents such as this. Enjoy your reading. Regards Göran Malmberg http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/view/are-you-prepared-when-life-changes-in-a-heartbeat-11829?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=blog_post http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/view/are-you-prepared-when-life-changes-in-a-heartbeat-11829?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=blog_post Mentice AB Why patients should bother if their doctors are using simulation to learn Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:16:00 -0500 We all read in the newspapers that our hospitals have to cut costs, have not enough trained personnel who also sometimes have to work extreme hours. In Europe we are trying to get working hours down to below 10 hours per day, in the United States residents’ working weeks have to be maximum 80 hours a week! http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/view/why-patients-should-bother-if-their-doctors-are-using-simulation-to-learn-11811?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=blog_post http://www.mynewsdesk.com/us/pressroom/mentice-ab/blog_post/view/why-patients-should-bother-if-their-doctors-are-using-simulation-to-learn-11811?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=blog_post Mentice AB