Hospitals Must Inform Patients of Errors
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Hospitals in the United States have been told that they must inform patients of medical errors, in new rules issued by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), a non-profit making group that monitors 11000 hospitals and 19000 healthcare organisations nationwide. Hospitals that do not comply may lose their accreditation or face steep fines. Currently only Veteran's Administration hospitals, which care for US armed forces veterans, are required to inform patients of medical errors. The new rules took effect on 1 …
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Hospitals may lose accreditation or face fines if they fail to disclose diagnostic errors to patients.
“Because accreditation emphasizes improving communication and transparency, hospitals may lose accreditation or face fines if they fail to disclose diagnostic errors to patients [351].”
From Toward Safer Diagnoses: A SEIPS-Based Narrative Review of Diagnostic Errors (2026) · cites this paper as [351]
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- Authors
- Josefson, D.
- Corresponding author
- Josefson, Deborah
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2001-07-07
- Volume
- 323
- Issue
- 7303
- Pages
- 9.2
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC1120704
- OpenAlex
- W1558191278
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Licence
- www.bmj.com/company/legal-information/terms-conditions/legal-information/tdm-licencepolicy (tdm)
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (submittedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Healthcare Quality and Management
- Keywords
- medical errors, patient notification, hospital accreditation, Joint Commission, patient rights, health care regulation
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Patient Advocacy, Truth Disclosure, United States, Hospital-Patient Relations, Medical Errors
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