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How Many Deaths Are Due to Medical Error? Do we have the right numbers or are we guessing?

May 14, 2012 04:27 EDT
How Many Deaths Are Due to Medical Error? Do we have the right numbers or are we guessing?

"Just over a decade ago, the patient safety movement gained strength in the United Kingdom and the United States as both countries were publically humiliated with high profile cases of medical mistakes which led to investigation and two key reports being published in 1999 (The Institute of Medicine’s To Err is Human in the US) and in 2000 (An Organisation with a Memory in the UK)."

This blog is written by Göran Malmberg, CEO at Mentice AB. 

Please read the whole blog at: blog.mentice.com

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Health, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals
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medical errors
medical simulation
medical mistakes
patient safety

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