HealthLeaders Media January 25, 2019
Patient safety deficiencies are spotlighted in a new documentary.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The Institute of Medicine’s groundbreaking “To Err Is Human” report was published 20 years ago.
Medical errors are estimated to claim 440,000 lives annually.
In documentary, filmmaker follows in father’s footsteps.
One of the most influential reports on patient safety has inspired the production of a documentary film.
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” which included the alarming statistic that as many as 98,000 Americans were dying annually due to medical errors. Estimates of annual patient deaths due to medical errors have since risen steadily to 440,000 lives, which make medical errors the...
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