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Study Found More Than 1 In 3 Hospital Surgical Patients Suffered An Adverse Event

November 21, 2024

A study published on November 13 2024 in BMJ entitled “Safety of inpatient care in surgical settings: cohort study” concluded: “Adverse events were identified in more than one third of patients admitted to hospital for surgery, with nearly half of the events classified as major and[...]

HCA Accused Of Putting Profits Before Patients

March 9, 2023

HCA Accused Of Putting Profits Before Patients: A staffing paper from Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the nation’s largest union of healthcare workers, entitled “Care Crisis How Low Staffing Contributes to Patient Care Failures at HCA Hospitals” states: HCA Healthcare is [...]

1 In 4 Patients Admitted To U.S. Hospitals Are Harmed

January 22, 2023

1 In 4 Patients Admitted To U.S. Hospitals Are Harmed: The results of a study entitled “The Safety of Inpatient Health Care” published on January 12, 2023 in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded: “Adverse events were identified in nearly one in four admissions, and approxi[...]

New Estimate: Over 400,000 May Die Each Year In U.S. Due To Hospital Mistakes

September 21, 2013

In an article appearing in Scientific American entitled, “How Many Die from Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals?,” the frequently quoted figure of up to 98,000 annual deaths in U.S. hospitals due to medical negligence has been updated to at least 210,000 and may be more than 400,000 prema[...]

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[...]

Hospital Medical Malpractice Statistics Exposed

September 20, 2012

In a new book written by a world-renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon named Marty Makary, M.D., the author notes that one in six dollars in the U.S. economy are spent in the health care industry, 20% to 30% of all medical tests and procedures are unnecessary, 30% to 40% of total health care expenditure[...]

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