Videos
~ CA Hospitals Make Hundreds of Errors Every Year – NBC Bay Area – VIDEO
~ Charlie Victor Romeo – PBS Newshour – Medical Mistakes – YouTube
~ Expensive & deadly: Medical errors 3rd leading cause of death in US – YouTube
~ Hospital Errors: The High Risk of Medical Mistakes – YouTube
~ I-Team- Medical Malpractice – YouTube
~ Medical errors kill hundreds of thousands – YouTube
~ Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause Of Death – YouTube
~ Medical Mistakes – Best Documentary – YouTube
~ Medical mistakes rampant in US hospitals – YouTube
~ Preventable Medical Errors Kill Three-Year-Old Nora Bostrom – YouTube
~ Report: Medical errors may be 3rd leading cause of US deaths – YouTube
~ The Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction – YouTube
~ The Empowered Patient- 25 Shocking Medical Mistakes (2015) – YouTube
~ Top 15 Truly Shocking Hospital Mistakes – YouTube
Mainstream News
- ~ 5 Common Medical Mistakes to Avoid in the Hospital – Consumer Reports
- ~ 5 Common Preventable Medical Errors – US News
- ~ 10 Medical Errors That Can Kill You in the Hospital – Psychology Today
- ~ 10 Nightmarish Stories About Terrifying Medical Errors – Listverse
- ~ 10 shocking medical mistakes – CNN
- ~ 11 deadly hospital mistakes- Don’t be a victim! – CBS News
- ~ A Doctor Confronts Medical Errors — And Systemic Flaws That Create Mistakes – NPR
- ~ A medical mistake happens. Who pays the bill? – The Washington Post
- ~ California Hospitals Make Hundreds of Errors Every Year, Public is Unaware – NBC Bay Area
- ~ Dead by Mistake- Hearst medical-error series draws calls for action – Chron
- ~ Dead by mistake Hospital patients exposed to world of avoidable risk (2010) – Times Union
- ~ Dead by Mistake Methodology – Special Report – Times Union
- ~ Dead by Mistake- Within health care hides massive, avoidable death toll – Seattle Pi
- ~ Death by Doctor- Medical Error Is Killing Hundreds of Thousands Each Year – The Fiscal Times
- ~ Death by Medical Error- Adding Context to Scary Headlines – The New York Times
- ~ Deaths from avoidable medical error more than double in past decade, investigation shows – Scientific American
- ~ Health Care Industry Needs to be Honest About Medical Errors – Time
- ~ Hospitals Are Making Too Many Errors During the Coronavirus Crisis – The New York Times
- ~ Hospital errors rampant, study says- What can patients do? – CBS News
- ~ How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals? — ProPublica
- ~ In a review of 337,000 patient cases, this was the No. 1 most common preventable medical error – MarketWatch
- ~ Little or no progress on medical mistakes in Florida – Sun Sentinel
- ~ Medical error the 3rd leading cause of death among Americans, researchers say – Healthcare Finance News
- ~ Medical errors are killing hundreds of thousands each year – The Week
- ~ Medical errors cost the country billions. Does the hospital or patient pay? – Chicago Tribune
- ~ Medical Errors Cost US $8.8 Billion, Result In 238,337 Potentially Preventable Deaths, Study Shows (2008) – ScienceDaily
- ~ Medical errors in Indiana hit another high – IndyStar
- ~ Medical errors kill hundreds of thousands each year in the US — RT USA News
- ~ Medical Errors, Past and Present – ABC News
- ~ Medical errors prevalent and costly, new survey of Massachusetts residents shows – The Boston Globe
- ~ Medical Errors Remain Problem 20 Years after Critical Report on Patient Safety – News Wise
- ~ Medical mistakes harm more than 1 in 10 patients. Many are preventable. At least 12 percent of preventable errors caused permanent disability or death, according to a review of studies involving over 300,000 patients.- NBC News
- ~ My Father, Your Mother-Child-Cousin- Medical Mistakes Affect Millions Nationwide – WBUR
- ~ NYC Medical Errors Lawyer Reveals 10 Facts About Medical Malpractice – AP
- ~ Outpatient Medical Errors May Surpass Those In Hospitals – NPR
- ~ Preventing Medical Errors From Becoming Fatal Flaws – TheHill
- ~ Preventable Medical Error Is Canadian Healthcare’s Silent Killer – HuffPost Canada
- ~ Preventing Fatal Medical Errors – Opinion (1999) – The New York Times
- ~ Small Patients, Big Consequences in Medical Errors: Overdoses and Other Medical Mistakes Put Young Patients at Risk – The New York Times
- ~ Study- Medical errors cost U.S. economy almost $20 billion in ’08 – Healthcare Finance News
- ~ Study Puts Cost of Medical Errors At $19.5 Billion – WS
- ~ Surgical complications and errors bring in more money for hospitals – CBS News.url
- ~ We know medical error is a deadly problem. Why haven’t we fixed it? – The Boston Globe
- ~ Year after report, patients still face risks – Times Union
Independent News
- ~ 1 in 5 Experience Medical Error, Survey Shows – WebMD
- ~ 3 horrific medical mistakes that scandalize the profession – Center for Health Journalism
- ~ 4 in 10 patients harmed by medical errors in primary and outpatient settings – FierceHealthcare
- ~ 10 Horrifying Medical Mistakes That Could Happen To You – Listverse
- ~ 10 Most Shocking Medical Mistakes Frequently Made By Doctors – The Most 10
- ~ 20 Most Common Medical Mistakes in the U.S. – Healthversed
- ~ 20 years after ‘To Err is Human,’ hospital care quality measures are still of little use – Modern Healthcare
- ~ A Physician, Who Is Also a Cancer Patient, Talks about Medical Errors – The ASCO Post
- ~ After High-Profile Death, Medical Errors Still Harm Hundreds Of Thousands – CommonHealth
- ~ Errors cost thousands of lives in U.S. hospitals – Medical Daily
- ~ How to prevent 440,000 yearly deaths due to medical errors – Northwestern Now
- ~ Inside Canada’s secret world of medical error- ‘There is a lot of lying, there’s a lot of cover-up’ – National Post
- ~ International Survey: U.S. Leads in Medical Errors – Commonwealth Fund
- ~ Jaw-dropping medical mix-ups – MDLinx
- ~ Medical error ranks as No. 3 killer in U.S., claiming 250,000 lives annually — DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
- ~ Medical Error Statistics [2020]- Deaths-Year & Malpractice Rates – My Medical Score
- ~ Medical Errors and the Cult of Expertise in the Age of Covid – SGT Report
- ~ Medical Errors Kill Five People Per Minute, 2.6 Million People Every Year – The Vaccine Reaction
- ~ Medical Errors Still Plague U.S. Hospitals – WebMD
- ~ Medical Errors- They’re More Common than You Think and You’re Often Paying for Them – Washington, DC Injury Law News
- ~ ‘Medical Mistakes’ Human Error or System Failure? (2000) – Emory Hospitals
- ~ Medical mistakes still kill 1,000 patients a day, Leapfrog says – Healthcare IT News
- ~ Report: No Drop In Medical Errors, But Their Human Toll Endures – CommonHealth
- ~ ‘Silently Harmed’ White Papers: Hospital Medical Errors in the Heartland – Heartland Health Research Institute
- ~ ‘Slips, Lapses, Fumbles’- Medical Mistakes Kill, And A Solution Is Seen In Education – CommonHealth
- ~ Society of Actuaries Study Finds Medical Errors Annually Cost at Least $19.5 Billion Nationwide – Cision PR Newswire
- ~ Survey: U.S. patients report high rate of medical errors – Healthcare IT News
- ~ Taking the Pulse of Health Care Systems- Experiences of Patients with Health Problems in Six Countries – Commonwealth Fund
- ~ The Most Common Mistakes Doctors Make – Facty Health
Facts and Stats
- ~ Fact Sheet: The Degree and Cost of Medical Malpractice; Key Findings of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine – (2000) Center for Justice and Democracy
- ~ Statistics – DataRay USA
Reports
- ~ A collaborative approach to reducing medical error and enhancing patient safety – Washington Medical Commission – PDF
- ~ A New, Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care (2013) – Journal of Patient Safety
- ~ Costs of medical injuries in Utah and Colorado – PubMed
- ~ Economic measurement of medical errors using a hospital claims database – PubMed
- ~ Economic Measurement of Medical Errors Using a Hospital Claims Database. Value in Health – Sci-Hub – PDF
- ~ Improving Patient Safety- Common Outpatient Medical Errors – PubMed
- ~ Letter: RE: Methodology used for collecting national health statistics – Johns Hopkins Medicine – PDF
- ~ Medical Error Reduction and Prevention – PubMed
- ~ Patient Safety Fact File – 2019 – World Health Organization – PDF
- ~ Relationship Between Occurrence of Surgical Complications and Hospital Finances – Health Care Safety – JAMA Network
- ~ The $17.1 Billion Problem- The Annual Cost Of Measurable Medical Errors – Health Affairs
- ~ The $17.1 Billion Problem- The Annual Cost Of Measurable Medical Errors. Health Affairs – Sci-Hub – PDF
- ~ The economic consequences of medical injuries. Implications for a no-fault insurance plan – PubMed
- ~ The Economic Measurement of Medical Errors – Society of Actuaries’ Health Section – PDF
- ~ The economics of health care quality and medical errors – PubMed
- ~ The Financial and Human Cost of Medical Error … and How Massachusetts Can Lead the Way on Patient Safety -Betsy Lehman Center
- ~ The Financial and Human Cost of Medical Error … and How Massachusetts Can Lead the Way on Patient Safety -Betsy Lehman Center – PDF
- ~ The Hidden Surcharge Americans Pay for Hospital Errors – Leap Frog Group – PDF
- ~ The public’s views on medical error in Massachusetts – Harvard School of Public Health – PDF
- ~ To Err is Human- Building a Safer Health System – PubMed
- ~ Two Decades Since To Err Is Human- An Assessment Of Progress And Emerging Priorities In Patient Safety – PubMed
- ~ Two Decades Since To Err Is Human- An Assessment Of Progress And Emerging Priorities In Patient Safety. Health Affairs – Sci-Hub.se – PDF
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