| Subject: | JCAHO Alludes to Failure to Diagnose Victims of Domestic Violence as Medical Error |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 8 Dec 2004 - 10:00 am |
| The JCAHO, in their December 2004 publication of the periodical "Quality Improvement Online" discusses the issue of non-diagnosis of domestic violence victims as a patient safety issue and potential for medical error. In the article, the JCAHO discusses the terms medical error, adverse events and patient safety as these relate to the diagnosis of victims of domestic violence. The JCAHO notes that the failure to properly diagnose and treat the victim of domestic violence can be viewed as similar... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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