Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Statistics: Medical Errors and Harm

TL;DR — Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety by the NumbersPreventable medical errors remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Research suggests hundreds of thousands of patients die each year from avoidable harm, while millions more are injured due to system failures–not individual negligence. These statistics show that healthcare’s safety crisis is global, persistent, … Continue reading Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Statistics: Medical Errors and Harm