In examining the list of the top ten causes of medical errors,
are there any detectable patterns or categories of errors you would
devise? Are any of these errors directly related exclusively to
human error? If an error was caused, in part, by the health issues
of the patient, should it be considered the hospital or health
professional’s error? Do the measurements of quality in a nursing
home include any of the ten medical errors identified in Van Den
Bos’...