Forbes April 9, 2021
We should rely on hospitals as premier authorities on protecting people from health hazards like infections and injuries. After all, they hire exceptionally smart and credentialed staff to care for the most vulnerable people in our communities. But statistics suggest otherwise. Preventable errors, accidents, and infections at hospitals are so common they rank as the third leading cause of death in the U.S., with an estimated 20,000 avoidable deaths a month. At least one in six people admitted to an American hospital suffered a hospital-acquired infection—long before we heard of SARS-CoV-19.
Sadly, after a tumultuous year of pandemic, it appears many hospitals are emerging worse, not better, at keeping patients safe.
According to a new white paper by Press Ganey,...
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