Patient Safety in American Hospitals

Patient Safety in American Hospitals
Study Released by HealthGrades
July 2004

Policymakers, providers, and consumers have made the safety of patients in United States hospitals a top priority. The need to monitor, track, assess, and improve the safety of inpatient care is at the top of many stakeholders’ agendas.

Despite the shocking and widely publicized statistics on preventable deaths due to medical errors in America’s hospitals, there is little evidence that patient safety has improved in the last five years.

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