Modern Healthcare November 9, 2019
The 1994 death of Boston Globe health reporter Betsy Lehman from a chemotherapy overdose at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute prompted the Institute of Medicine’s investigation of medical errors, catalyzing a national movement to improve patient safety.
But the IOM’s To Err is Human report and 20 years of subsequent safety efforts hardly eliminated the problem. News investigations over the past year and a half have found that patients continue to die at prestigious hospitals from preventable errors, even after physicians and staff warned hospital leaders about chronic safety issues.
UNC Health Care System, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center each have come under fire for medical errors and...
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