Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Obesity is a highly prevalent, chronically progressing disease. Obesity represents a challenge for people living with obesity, health care professionals and the society, because it is also associated with several comorbid diseases. ⋯ The treatment access gap is mainly caused by a lack of legal frameworks for the guideline-driven obesity management. A currently developed disease management program for obesity has the potential to fill the gap in obesity management in the future.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Aug 2023
Review[Patient safety 4.0: "Failure of the Week" It's all about role modelling!].
The rate of mistakes and near misses in clinical medicine remains staggering. The tendency to cover up mistakes is rampant in "name-blame-shame" cultures. The need for safe forums where mistakes can be openly discussed in the interest of patient safety is evident. Following a comprehensive review of the literature, a semi-structured weekly conference, named "mistake of the week" (MOTW), was introduced, enabling physicians to voluntarily discuss their mistakes and near-misses. The MOTW is intended to encourage cultural change in how physicians approach, process, accept and learn from their own and their peers' mistakes. This study seeks to assess if physicians appreciate, benefit from and are motivated to participate in MOTW. ⋯ The MOTW conference models an ideal forum to mitigate hierarchy and promote a sustainable organizational dynamic in which mistakes and near misses can be discussed in an environment free from "name-blame-shame", with the ultimate goal of potentially improving patient care and safety.