Are Medical Errors the Third Leading Cause of Death in America?: A Conversation with Rosemary Gibson (November 21st)
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Listen Now In 1999 the Institute of Medicine published "To Err Is Human," a report that shocked the medical establishment because it concluded as many as 98,000 Americans die annually from hospital caused medical errors. In 2000 the highly respected scholar Dr. Barbara Starfield estimated medical errors or adverse events actually amount to 225,000 deaths annually making them the 3rd leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. Most recently a study published this past September in the Journal of Patient Safety estimated medical errors cause between 210,000 to 440,000 deaths annually. Added to these sobering estimates is the fact there's never been an actual count of how many patients have been killed by medical errors and what progress that has been made in reducing errors, or at least the growth in the number of errors, has been charterized as "frustratingly slow" and "agonizingly slow."
Are Medical Errors the Third Leading Cause of Death in America?: A Conversation with Rosemary Gibson (November 21st)
Are Medical Errors the Third Leading Cause of…
Are Medical Errors the Third Leading Cause of Death in America?: A Conversation with Rosemary Gibson (November 21st)
Listen Now In 1999 the Institute of Medicine published "To Err Is Human," a report that shocked the medical establishment because it concluded as many as 98,000 Americans die annually from hospital caused medical errors. In 2000 the highly respected scholar Dr. Barbara Starfield estimated medical errors or adverse events actually amount to 225,000 deaths annually making them the 3rd leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. Most recently a study published this past September in the Journal of Patient Safety estimated medical errors cause between 210,000 to 440,000 deaths annually. Added to these sobering estimates is the fact there's never been an actual count of how many patients have been killed by medical errors and what progress that has been made in reducing errors, or at least the growth in the number of errors, has been charterized as "frustratingly slow" and "agonizingly slow."