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Giorgio_Xo · 07-27-2004, 04:52 PM

Report Says 195,000 Deaths Due to Hospital Error

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 195,000 people a year could be dying in U.S. hospitals because of easily prevented errors, a company said on Tuesday in an estimate that doubles previous figures.

Lakewood, Colorado-based HealthGrades Inc. said its data covers all 50 states and is more up-to-date than a 1999 study from the Institute of Medicine (news - web sites) that said 98,000 people a year die from medical errors.

"The HealthGrades study shows that the IOM report may have underestimated the number of deaths due to medical errors, and, moreover, that there is little evidence that patient safety has improved in the last five years," said Dr. Samantha Collier, vice president of medical affairs at the company.

The company, which rates hospitals based on a variety of criteria and provides information to insurers and health plans, said its researchers looked at three years of Medicare data in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

"This Medicare population represented approximately 45 percent of all hospital admissions (excluding obstetric patients) in the U.S. from 2000 to 2002," the company said in a statement.

HealthGrades included as mistakes failure to rescue dying patients and the death of low-risk patients from infections -- neither of which the Institute of Medicine report included.

It said it found about 1.14 million "patient-safety incidents" occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations.

"Of the total 323,993 deaths among Medicare patients in those years who developed one or more patient-safety incidents, 263,864, or 81 percent, of these deaths were directly attributable to the incidents," it added.

"One in every four Medicare patients who were hospitalized from 2000 to 2002 and experienced a patient-safety incident died."

The U.S. government said it is trying to spearhead a move to get hospitals and clinics to use electronic databases and prescribing methods. The Institute of Medicine report said many deaths were due to medication prescribing errors or to errors in delivering medications.

"If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites)'s annual list of leading causes of death included medical errors, it would show up as number six, ahead of diabetes, pneumonia, Alzheimer's disease (news - web sites) and renal disease," Collier said.

Marcus Aurelius · 07-27-2004, 04:54 PM

Thats some scary shit. I had surgery last year and I was scared shitless, and it was minor surgery.

Evil1 · 07-27-2004, 04:54 PM

I read the leading cause of divorce is marriage!

fr8 · 07-27-2004, 04:56 PM

Damn. Better check with the HMO.

Giorgio_Xo · 07-27-2004, 04:56 PM

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Originally posted by Evil1
I read the leading cause of divorce is marriage!

Your comparasion is incorrect. Dying in a hospital and dying from health worker error are two seperate issues. Read next time!

freeadultcontent · 07-27-2004, 04:58 PM

Yes and death cures cancer, so what else is new?

Of course hospitals are were most people die. Damn, you do not even want to know of the glories of staff infections, or the scary bugs that live in carpets around crash carts.

Rankings · 07-27-2004, 05:40 PM

well that's scary...not safe anywhere

freeadultcontent · 07-27-2004, 05:42 PM

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Originally posted by input
well that's scary...not safe anywhere

I can not say I would be surprised if people thought they were ever safe in a hospital. People do think some strange shit. I just know my doctor and myself both will do anything and everything that is not life threatening to keep my out of one at all times.

Zerof8 · 07-27-2004, 06:14 PM

Avoiding them when u need to go is pretty bad too though, regardless of the risk involved at the hospital

freeadultcontent · 07-27-2004, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by Zerof8
Avoiding them when u need to go is pretty bad too though, regardless of the risk involved at the hospital

Actually with the right doctor, and knowing how to get in home health care you can avoid them for alot of things that normally will land you there. Trust me I have litterally spent years of my life in those evil places of death.

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Giorgio_Xo Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 4,263	One of the Leading Causes of Death: Hospitals! Report Says 195,000 Deaths Due to Hospital Error WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As many as 195,000 people a year could be dying in U.S. hospitals because of easily prevented errors, a company said on Tuesday in an estimate that doubles previous figures. Lakewood, Colorado-based HealthGrades Inc. said its data covers all 50 states and is more up-to-date than a 1999 study from the Institute of Medicine (news - web sites) that said 98,000 people a year die from medical errors. "The HealthGrades study shows that the IOM report may have underestimated the number of deaths due to medical errors, and, moreover, that there is little evidence that patient safety has improved in the last five years," said Dr. Samantha Collier, vice president of medical affairs at the company. The company, which rates hospitals based on a variety of criteria and provides information to insurers and health plans, said its researchers looked at three years of Medicare data in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. "This Medicare population represented approximately 45 percent of all hospital admissions (excluding obstetric patients) in the U.S. from 2000 to 2002," the company said in a statement. HealthGrades included as mistakes failure to rescue dying patients and the death of low-risk patients from infections -- neither of which the Institute of Medicine report included. It said it found about 1.14 million "patient-safety incidents" occurred among the 37 million hospitalizations. "Of the total 323,993 deaths among Medicare patients in those years who developed one or more patient-safety incidents, 263,864, or 81 percent, of these deaths were directly attributable to the incidents," it added. "One in every four Medicare patients who were hospitalized from 2000 to 2002 and experienced a patient-safety incident died." The U.S. government said it is trying to spearhead a move to get hospitals and clinics to use electronic databases and prescribing methods. The Institute of Medicine report said many deaths were due to medication prescribing errors or to errors in delivering medications. "If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites)'s annual list of leading causes of death included medical errors, it would show up as number six, ahead of diabetes, pneumonia, Alzheimer's disease (news - web sites) and renal disease," Collier said. __________________ Make Levees, Not War

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Marcus Aurelius No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14,809	Thats some scary shit. I had surgery last year and I was scared shitless, and it was minor surgery.

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