Articles tagged with: HealthGrades
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A study out by HealthGrades reports 195,000 in-hospital deaths secondary to medical error. 37 millions records were reviewed for 2000, 2001, and 2002 and deaths averaged 195,000 for this time period. They also found this accounted for $6 Billion in extra costs per year. This study covered all 50 states and four major areas of concern were noted.
Failure to rescue
Bed sores or pressure ulcers
Post operative sepsis
Postoperative pulmonary embolism
The study also highlights these scary findings.
Of the total 323,993 deaths among Medicare patients 81 …
