Medical Errors And How To Prevent Them 2

Course overview

Each year, 6.1 million Americans are harmed by diagnostic mistakes, drug disasters, and medical treatments. A decade ago, the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98,000 people died in hospitals each year from preventable medical errors. And new research from the University of Utah, Health Grades of Denver, and elsewhere suggests the toll is much higher. Patient advocates and bestselling authors Joe and Teresa Graedon came face-to-face with the tragic consequences of doctors screw ups when Joes mother died in Duke Hospital, one of the best in the world, due to a disastrous series of entirely preventable errors. In Top Screw ups Doctors Make and How to avoid them, the Graedons expose the most common medical mistakes, from doctors offices and hospitals to the pharmacy counters and nursing homes. Patients across the country shared their riveting horror stories, and doctors recounted the disastrous, and sometimes deadly, consequences of their colleagues oversights and errors. While many patients feel vulnerable and dependent on their health care providers, this book is a startling wake up call to how wrong doctors can be.