by Julie Steenhuysen [1]
(Reuters) – About one in three people in the United States will encounter some kind of mistake during a hospital stay, U.S. researchers said Thursday.
The finding, which is based on a new tool for measuring hospital errors, is about 10 times higher than estimates using older methods, suggesting much work remains in efforts to improve health quality.
Read the full article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/07/us-hospital-errors-idUSTRE7360PU20110407 [1]
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