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Medical Malpractice Errors
June 26, 2012
Posted in Statistics
Source: Institute of Medicine (IOM) The Institute of Medicine (IOM), reports that as many as 98,000 Americans die each year and another 1,000,000 are injured as a result of preventable medical errors that cost the nation an estimated $29 billion. In its comprehensive book titled “To Err Is Human,” the IOM recounts two studies which Read more