{"id":32711,"date":"2010-11-21T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-21T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/medical_errors_kill_15000_medi\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:49:04","slug":"medical-errors-kill-15000-medi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/medical-errors-kill-15000-medi\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Errors Kill 15,000 Medicare Patients Each Month, According to Inspector General"},"content":{"rendered":"

A disturbing Inspector General report from the shows that medical errors are harming and killing our senior citizens at alarming rates.<\/a>
\nAn estimated 15,000 Medicare patients die each month, and many more are injured, because of usually preventable medical mistakes in hospitals and other facilities.
\nThe report focused on \u201cadverse events,\u201d defined as “harm to a patient as a result of medical care, such as infection associated with use of a catheter,” and \u201cnever events,\u201d which are specific “serious events, such as surgery on the wrong patient, that the National Quality Forum (NQF) deemed ‘should never occur in a health care setting.’\u201d
\nThe Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services found:
\n—An estimated 13.5 percent of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries experienced adverse events during their hospital stays.<\/em>
\n—An additional 13.5 percent of Medicare beneficiaries experienced events during their hospital stays that resulted in temporary harm.<\/em>
\n—Physician reviewers determined that 44 percent of adverse and temporary harm events were clearly or likely preventable.<\/em>
\n—Hospital care associated with adverse and temporary harm events cost Medicare an estimated $324 million in October 2008.<\/em>
\nSignificantly, the 2009 loss to taxpayers was “$4.4 billion spent on care associated with events”–which did not even include the cost of followup care.
\nThe cost in lives, health, and taxpayer dollars of preventable medical errors is far too high. Respect for life of our senior citizens requires accountability when harm occurs, and preventive steps to ensure patient safety.
\nA portion of the Inpsector General’s report is reprinted below:<\/p>\n

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