Comments on: Sentinel Events – When Doctors Make Mistakes http://brainblogger.com/2008/03/09/sentinel-events-when-doctors-make-mistakes/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Medicine and the Law - Part 1 | GNIF Brain Bloggerhttp://brainblogger.com/2008/03/09/sentinel-events-when-doctors-make-mistakes/#comment-137769 Medicine and the Law - Part 1 | GNIF Brain Blogger Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:10:43 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2008/03/09/sentinel-events-when-doctors-make-mistakes/#comment-137769 [...] previously mentioned “Sentinel Events“. Those are mostly no-brainer types of events such as operating on the wrong extremity or [...] [...] previously mentioned “Sentinel Events“. Those are mostly no-brainer types of events such as operating on the wrong extremity or [...]

]]> By: Calochilushttp://brainblogger.com/2008/03/09/sentinel-events-when-doctors-make-mistakes/#comment-101852 Calochilus Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:40:20 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/2008/03/09/sentinel-events-when-doctors-make-mistakes/#comment-101852 For those of us with problems often consigned to waste-basket diagnoses, sentinel events occur on a regular basis. I specifically refer to the problems of CFS/ME/FMS/MCS in the physical health field and particularly ADHD in the mental health field. Given that people in these areas strive for years to find an understanding treatment provider, it is probable that their experience of sentinel events may well range from double figures at a minimum, well into triple figures.Do we really take this issue seriously?I think not, given the occurrence of sentinel events within the tightly regulated in-patient systems, the failure to investigate similar events in out-patient areas is appalling. For those of us with problems often consigned to waste-basket diagnoses, sentinel events occur on a regular basis. I specifically refer to the problems of CFS/ME/FMS/MCS in the physical health field and particularly ADHD in the mental health field. Given that people in these areas strive for years to find an understanding treatment provider, it is probable that their experience of sentinel events may well range from double figures at a minimum, well into triple figures.

Do we really take this issue seriously?

I think not, given the occurrence of sentinel events within the tightly regulated in-patient systems, the failure to investigate similar events in out-patient areas is appalling.

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