When patients are harmed in hospital, issues aren’t always fixed to avoid it happening again
- Written by Peter Hibbert, Honorary Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
Pormezz/ShutterstockOver the past two weeks, the media has reported several cases of serious “adverse events”, where babies, children and an adult experienced harm and ultimately died while receiving care in separate Australian hospitals.
When a serious adverse event occurs, hospitals investigate what happened and why, and propose...





