hoperyto A new, evidence-based estimate of patient harms associated with hospital care {2013 Paper}
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"Using a weighted average of the 4 studies, a lower limit of 210,000 deaths per year was associated with preventable harm in hospitals"
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"the true number of premature deaths associated with preventable harm to patients was estimated at more than 400,000 per year."
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"Fully engaging patients and their advocates during hospital care, systematically seeking the patients' voice in identifying harms, transparent accountability for harm, and intentional correction of root causes of harm will be necessary to accomplish this goal."
"The report was based upon analysis of multiple studies by a variety of organizations and concluded that between 44,000 to 98,000 people die each year as a result of preventable medical errors. For comparison, fewer than 50,000 people died of Alzheimer's disease and 17,000 died of illicit drug use in the same year"
Patient Safety {Wikipedia}
- "the World Health Organization to estimate that one in ten persons receiving health care will suffer preventable harm."
- "Prescribing errors are the largest identified source of preventable errors in hospitals"
- "Computerized provider order entry (CPOE), formerly called computerized physician order entry, can reduce medication errors by 80% overall but more importantly decrease harm to patients by 55%"