Surgical “Black Box” Could Prevent Medical Malpractice

By S. Randall Hood | November 5, 2015

In 2014, CNN reported that researchers in Canada were developing a surgical “black box” that could record procedures in an operating room. The device was envisioned to work proactively, providing real-time feedback to surgeons and using error-analysis software to tell them if a procedure is being done incorrectly. During the initial stage, researchers used multiple…

Medication Errors Most Commonly Committed by Nurses

By McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips | March 25, 2014

A recent study by the New York Department of Health indicated that more medication errors occur at the hands of nurses than any other health care professional. This makes sense when you consider that nurses are the ones who are most frequently responsible for administering medications in hospital and even doctors’ office settings. It’s true…