Medical Errors Are A Huge Public Health Problem

Medical Errors Are A Huge Public Health Problem.
Hospital care-related problems present to the deaths of about 15000 Medicare patients each month, according to a fresh federal administration study. One in seven patients suffers wrongdoing from nursing home care, including infections, bed sores and unreasonable bleeding from blood-thinning drugs, said researchers who analyzed text on 780 Medicare patients discharged from hospitals in October 2008, USA Today reported recommended reading. That workshop out to about 134000 of the estimated one million Medicare patients discharged that month, said the Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.

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