Failure in Medical Practice: Human Error, System Failure, or Case Severity?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Cases
2.1. First Case—Human Error/System Deficiency
2.2. Second Case—Severity of Disease
2.3. Third Case
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Roman, M.D.; Fleacă, S.R.; Boicean, A.G.; Mohor, C.I.; Morar, S.; Dura, H.; Cristian, A.N.; Bratu, D.; Tanasescu, C.; Teodoru, A.; et al. Failure in Medical Practice: Human Error, System Failure, or Case Severity? Healthcare 2022, 10, 2495. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122495
Roman MD, Fleacă SR, Boicean AG, Mohor CI, Morar S, Dura H, Cristian AN, Bratu D, Tanasescu C, Teodoru A, et al. Failure in Medical Practice: Human Error, System Failure, or Case Severity? Healthcare. 2022; 10(12):2495. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122495
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoman, Mihai Dan, Sorin Radu Fleacă, Adrian Gheorghe Boicean, Cosmin Ioan Mohor, Silviu Morar, Horatiu Dura, Adrian Nicolae Cristian, Dan Bratu, Ciprian Tanasescu, Adrian Teodoru, and et al. 2022. "Failure in Medical Practice: Human Error, System Failure, or Case Severity?" Healthcare 10, no. 12: 2495. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10122495