https://www.americanpatient.org/the-hidden-epidemic-preventable-medical-errors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hidden-epidemic-preventable-medical-errors American Patient Rights Association Wed, 23 Nov 2022 01:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.americanpatient.org/the-hidden-epidemic-preventable-medical-errors/#comment-38 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 01:55:36 +0000 https://www.temp.americanpatient.org/?p=2917#comment-38 […] The American Patient Rights Association calls preventable medical mistakes a hidden epidemic. These are harsh words—but words that need to be said. Most errors and safety issues go undetected and unreported. There is no place on a death certificate to record a preventable medical error as a contributing cause of death. There is no standardized way to document critical scenarios such as a communication problem, a diagnostic error, or poor judgment. […]

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