The federal government release a study yesterday which concluded that 50,000 fewer hospital patients nationwide died in the past three years, largely from decreases in medication errors and pressure sores, compared with the rates in 2010.
Things don't appear to be as good in Massachusetts. It released a survey that showed nearly one-quarter of Massachusetts residents say they, or someone close to them, experienced a mistake in their medical care during the past five years, according to a survey released Tuesday. Furthermore, the Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that many people did not report the medical mistakes, often because they did not believe it would do any good, or they did not know how to report it.
This is the century of studies and surveys. It so happens that only 26 states have systems that monitor adverse medical events. So, I ask where did the federal government get its numbers from.
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