John T. James
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Hospital Medical Errors Now The Third Leading Cause Of Death In The U.S.
Ilene MacDonald | FierceHealthcare | September 20, 2013
Medical errors leading to patient death are much higher than previously thought, and may be as high as 400,000 deaths a year, according to a new study in the Journal of Patient Safety. Read More »
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Hospital Medical Errors Now The Third Leading Cause Of Death In The U.S.
Ilene MacDonald | Fierce Healthcare | September 20, 2013
Medical errors leading to patient death are much higher than previously thought, and may be as high as 400,000 deaths a year, according to a new study in the Journal of Patient Safety. Read More »
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How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?
Marshall Allen | ProPublica | September 19, 2013
Now comes a study in the current issue of the Journal of Patient Safety that says the numbers may be much higher — between 210,000 and 440,000 patients each year who go to the hospital for care suffer some type of preventable harm that contributes to their death, the study says.
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