The July 24th, 2007 issue of the New York Times Health Section discusses recent findings indicating that a lower nurse-to-patient ratio leads to more patients on respirators getting pneumonia. One of the Swiss researchers who performed the study (involving 936 patients) said that with fewer nurses, each nurse has a larger workload to shoulder and….
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Recent Findings Show Medical Error as Major Cause of Death in U.S.
A recent Millennium Research Group analysis found that medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths annually, making them the fifth-leading cause of death in the U.S. The findings are described in Medical News Today. A senior analyst at MRG says that miscommunication, transcription errors and incomplete patient records are often the causes of such mistakes…..
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