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195,000 Deaths a Year Caused by Hospital Errors According to a new study on patient safety in American hospitals by HealthGrades, Inc., about 195,000 people die every year because of medical errors that could have been prevented easily. This figure is double what the Institute of Medicine reported in 1999, and is based on data from all 50 states rather than just extrapolated from three states, as was the Institute of Medicine's study. Further, HealthGrades took into account two previously excluded areas of error that account for the majority of deaths: Errors in not rescuing dying patients Errors in low-risk patients who died from infections With the exception of obstetrics, about 45 percent of hospital admissions are Medicare cases. Between 2000 and 2002, about 25% of the Medicare patients admitted into hospitals who experienced patient-safety incidents died. The CDC says if they were to rank death from medical errors on disease lists, it would be sixth, ahead of diabetes and pneumonia. The associated cost of these medical errors is $6 billion dollars a year. MY THOUGHTS: I worked in emergency medicine for more than a dozen years. Hospitals can save lives, but as this report shows, factually it's a place where too many people lose their lives. A few suggestions: Have someone stay with you when you are in the hospital. Many errors are preventable. When you are sick, your awareness may not be up to par and if a friend or relative is "looking out for you" — to make sure you're getting the right medicine, and that the nurse or doctor has washed their hands before they touch you — it could help you to avoid a problem. Stay in the hospital as short as possible. The germs that are in hospitals are the worst ones and the less you are exposed to them, the better. Many people end up in hospitals as a result of drug reactions. Go to a practitioner who will use natural methods to get you well and avoid drugs except in life-threatening emergency situations. 200,000 people dying a year in hospitals is a lot of people. Remember, these are unnecessary deaths due to medical errors! Less than a quarter of this many die in car accidents per year. We have lost almost a thousand people in the latest war — but 200,000 have died in hospitals. It should be a national outrage! The basics of organic non-processed food, clean water, sunshine, exercise and good sleep, and nutritional supplements, with periodic checkups from your alternative practitioner, will keep you out of the medical system. Believe me, it's worth it — getting caught up in a hospital could cost you your life. "Report Says 195,000 Deaths Due to Hospital Error" Reuters July 27, 2004 "In-Hospital Deaths from Medical Errors at 195,000 Per Year, New Study Finds" SurgiCenter Online July 28, 2004         Copyright © 2008 Optimum Health Report, All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer