Hospital Error Rates For Chronically Ill Children
September 23, 2012
In a study of data regarding children who were hospitalized during 2006 in 38 states in the United States, researchers found that 44.1 % of hospitalized children had a least one chronic condition such as cancer, asthma, or digestive disorders (the researchers found that 22.3% of children who were[...]
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Diagnostic Errors In Hospital ICUs Cause 40,500 Deaths Annually
August 30, 2012
The results from a recent study undertaken by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality that reviewed 31 studies that included 5,863 autopsies involving patients who died in hospital Intensive Care Units found that 28% of the patients who died had a least one missed [...]
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Hospital Safety In The U.S.
June 17, 2012
A non-profit group of employers and private healthcare experts in the United States has issued a report in which it grades safety in hospitals in the U.S. based on the safety of patients. About 400 patients in U.S. hospitals die as a result of hospital errors every day. Those hospital errors [...]
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