Study: Hospital errors cause 195,000 deaths
Report doubles earlier Institute of Medicine estimate
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Posted: 10:08 AM EDT (1408 GMT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- As many as 195,000 people a year could be dying in U.S. hospitals because of easily prevented errors, a company said Tuesday in an estimate that doubles previous figures.
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/07/28/health.mistakes.reut/index.html