After identifying preventability as a key variable in severe outcomes (death and near-miss morbidity), we carried out a descriptive study of preventability using the 237 women from the study.

Three independent reviewers analyzed 72 hospital readmissions and found that 22 (31%) of the 72 readmissions were preventable. The most common causes of preventability were overwhelming symptoms in ...

Incidence and Preventability of Adverse Drug Events in the Nursing Home Setting By: J. H. Gurwitz, T. S. Field, J. Avorn, D. McCormick, S. Jain, M. Eckler, M. Benser, A. Edmondson and D. W. Bates ...

Hospitals miss opportunities to learn from and reduce harm when their incident reporting or other systems fail to capture ...

If FMCSA is unaware of the preventability question, it cannot possibly make a determination, another version of the you-can't-win-if-you-don't-play mentality.

Background: Medication-related visits to the emergency department are an important but poorly understood phenomenon. We sought to evaluate the frequency, severity and preventability of drug-related ...

All the crashes would remain displayed, in effect, and now carry a stamp of preventability, which Seaton believes will be reinterpreted by personal injury attorneys and insurers as something that ...

The 24-month "Crash Preventability Demonstration Program" that was launched by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) in August 2017 will end on July 30. Based on "positive ...

The Crash Preventability Determination Programprogram has been in operation since May 2020. Currently it reviews 16 specific crash types and modifies information in the SMS to distinguish not ...