Never Means Never
In healthcare settings, “never events” are egregious and shocking errors that take place which are clearly identifiable and entirely preventable — they should never happen. Never events are considered rare, but they still occur far more frequently than most people realize. In a Johns Hopkins study spanning the years 1990–2010, approximately 80,000 never events occurred in U.S. hospitals (it’s likely many others went unreported). In 2011, the National Quality Forum, an independent healthcare quality assurance organization, categorized never events that...Read More