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- Data suggests patients in veterans' hospitals receive inadequate osteoporosis evaluation, treatment.
- Many painkiller prescription errors caused by similar looking, sounding monikers.
- Patients with dementia often subjected to aggressive treatments, transfers.
- Patients in hospitals where nurses work long hours may be more likely to die of pneumonia, heart attack.
- Many at high heart risk don't get enough drugs
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Medical errors cost $20 billion a year
A recent study has shown that medical errors cost the health industry upwards of $20 billion dollars a year. The study also shows that medical errors caused 2,500 avoidable deaths and over 10,000 missed days of work in 2008.Labels:
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