Would patient safety improve if surgical procedures were recorded?
Preventable medical errors continue to plague America’s hospitals, with medical mistakes being the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease and cancer. While some efforts have been made to improve safety, difficulties in determining the source ...
Increased use of electronic record keeping linked to medical errors
As preventable medical errors continue to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States, patient advocates explore ways to improve safety ...
An alarming number of patients in the United States die each year from medical mistakes, with the most recent statistics placing the numbers in excess ...