| “Sometimes when the doctor gallops in on his powerful stallion to save the day, you get run over by his horse.” Elizabeth L. Bewley, May 2010. |
May 12, 2010
Medical Errors: Ouch!
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May 5, 2010
Hospital-Caused Blood Clots Kill 200K/Year
Blood clots due to hospital care “kill . . . nearly 200,000 U.S. patients a year. . . . [They are] the leading cause of preventable hospital deaths in the U.S.” Laura Landro, “In the Hospital, Facing a Scourge of Killer Clots,” Wall Street Journal, 01 April 2009. |
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April 28, 2010
Hospital Infections Kill 99K/Year
“In American hospitals alone, healthcare-associated infections account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year.”“Estimates of Healthcare-Associated Infections,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/hai.html, downloaded 07 April 2010. |
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April 21, 2010
Hierarchy Kills
“In every hospital in America, patients die because of hierarchy.” — Dr. Peter Pronovost, Johns Hopkins, as quoted by Claudia Dreifus, “Doctor Leads Quest for Safer Ways to Care for Patients,” New York Times, 08 Mar 2010.While someone — often a nurse — typically realizes that the patient is in trouble, the attitude of many doctors, Dr. Pronovost goes on to say, is “I’m right. I’m more senior than you. Don’t tell me what to do.” |
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April 14, 2010
Infant Mortality
| “If the U.S. had an infant mortality rate as good as Cuba’s, we would save an additional 2,212 American babies a year.” Nicholas Kristof, “Health Care? Ask Cuba,” New York Times, 12 January 2005. |
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