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Addressing medical errors in the Lebanese healthcare system

Worldwide, medical incidents occur in 10 percent of hospitals, and 50 percent of those incidents that result in patients’ deaths are due to preventable medical errors, according to data from the World Health Organization. In Lebanon, more than one thousand complaints related to medical malpractice were filed to the Order of Physicians between 1996 and 2013. Investigations of medical incidents by the order however, focus mostly on physicians and fail to assess the problem from a macro perspective, where incidents may occur due to failures of complex healthcare systems. Despite the fact that concerned stakeholders are leading initiatives to resolve this crisis, the associated implications and debates about causes, responsibilities and accountabilities are ill-informed, and in many cases, do not lead to real improvements in patient safety practices. What are the challenges affecting patient safety in Lebanon? One way to improve patient safety is by encouraging healthcare providers to report

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