October 14, 2025

Healthcare Cost Pressures Are Real — But the Cost of Patient Harm Is Higher

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TL;DR: Healthcare cost pressures are real, but the cost of patient harm in healthcare is far higher. Preventable events like wrong-site surgery drive massive...

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