Most preventable medical errors do not result in a paid claim
Paid physician malpractice claims for adverse events in 2009 (from Bishop, Ryan & Casalino in this week’s JAMA): Inpatient 4910 Outpatient 4448 Both 966 Total 10,739 By way of comparison (my calculations): Incidence Number of US hospitals 5,795 <1 per hospital/year Number of admissions 37,479,709 0.
Getting down to size - One woman's journey to lose weight, get healthy
辛迪·麦克拉弗蒂 (Cindy McLafferty) 是蒙克利夫陆军社区医院 (Moncrief Army Community Hospital) 的护士助理，24 年来一直在努力减肥。似乎什么都不起作用，直到正确的饮食、严格的锻炼和她的丈夫 Aca,!a,,cs 部署结合起来，才导致了失败......
