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Nightmare stories of nurses giving potent drugs meant for one patient to another and surgeons removing the wrong body parts have dominated recent headlines about medical care. Lest you assume those cases are the exceptions, a new study by patient safety researchers provides some context.
Their analysis, published in the BMJ on Tuesday, shows that "medical errors" in hospitals and other health care facilities are incredibly common and may now be the third leading cause of death in the United States -- claiming 251,000 lives every year, more than respiratory disease, accidents, stroke and Alzheimer's.
The IOM, based on one study, estimated deaths because of medical errors as high as 98,000 a year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...hird-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states/
btw, gun deaths are soo far down the list as to render them meaningless.
Their analysis, published in the BMJ on Tuesday, shows that "medical errors" in hospitals and other health care facilities are incredibly common and may now be the third leading cause of death in the United States -- claiming 251,000 lives every year, more than respiratory disease, accidents, stroke and Alzheimer's.
The IOM, based on one study, estimated deaths because of medical errors as high as 98,000 a year.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...hird-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states/
btw, gun deaths are soo far down the list as to render them meaningless.