In the 2013 Indiana Medical Error Reporting System’s annual report, a total of 111 incidents were documented.
That number is up slightly from the 100 incidents reported in 2012.
Of those incidents, 45 were pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, while 27 were related to foreign objects retained in a patient following surgery. Eighteen of the reported incidents involved surgeries that were performed on the wrong part of a patient’s body.
A total of 293 hospitals, surgery centers, abortion clinics and birthing centers were surveyed as part of the report.
Indiana was the second state in the country to adopt the National Quality Forum’s reporting standards in 2006. The reporting standards are not comprehensive but ?allow for a broad oversight of medical issues in Indiana.
“This is part of the Indiana State Department of Health’s continuing efforts to improve health and care for Hoosiers,” State Health Commissioner William VanNess said in a statement.
Holly Hays
