RT Book, Section
A1 McDonald, Timothy B.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Scheurer, Danielle B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1137606128
T1 Preventing and Managing Adverse Patient Events: Patient Safety and the Hospitalist
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843133
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137606128
RD 2024/04/18
AB In  November  1999,  the  Institute  of  Medicine  (IOM)  issued  the  report  To  Err  is  Human,  detailing  a  problem  of  preventable  medical  errors  that  were  killing  as  many  as  98,000  inpatients  per  year.  Subsequent  publications  have  estimated  it  may  be  as  high  as  400,000  per  year.  Specific  types  of  medical  errors  highlighted  in  the  IOM  report  include  error  in  the  administration  of  treatment,  failure  to  order  and  follow-up  on  indicated  diagnostic  exams,  and  avoidable  delays  in  care  and  treatment.  Many  years  later  problems  still  exist:  nearly  2  million  patients  a  year  develop  infections  during  their  hospitalizations,  and  90,000  to  100,000  of  those  infected  die,  while  hand-hygiene  rates  range  from  30%  to  70%  at  most  acute  care  facilities.  The  IOM  report  also  estimated  that  medical  errors  cost  the  US  $17  billion  to  $29  billion  a  year,  and  called  for  sweeping  changes  to  the  health  care  system  to  improve  patient  safety.