January 28, 2019

Post 2 of 2 on a new patient safety movement inside medicine. Two decades ago, the Institute of Medicine shook the medical profession with its “To Err is Human” report which said nearly 100,000 people a year lost their lives to preventable medical errors. With subsequent reports estimating that the number is likely much higher […]

January 25, 2019

Post 1 of 2 on a new patient safety movement inside medicine. Hospitals and physicians’ offices are supposed to be places that heal. But for more than 200,000 people in the U.S. every year, they are also the cause of preventable patient deaths. And in too many cases, providers don’t communicate about their mistakes with […]