The Patient’s Guide to Preventing Medical Errors

Come across a book name from twitter, it is called The Patient’s Guide to Preventing Medical Errors.  I am surprised patient ever need this kind of book.  That means the heath care system is in a big trouble.  We never need a book called ” Passenger’s Guide to Preventing Aviation Errors”

Airlines go two years with no fatalities – but a plane goes down into Hudson River few minutes ago

When I attend the 9th IMSH meeting at Florida, read the story about the safety record set by the airline industry. Airlines go two years with no fatalities. It is pretty amazing see their years efforts on safety made a difference.  But just  back to office today and head the news about  Planes goes down [...]

Airplane disaster every other day?

Lots of people are talking about Americans die each year as a result of medical errors as high as 98,000 (1999 data) from To Err is Human. More people die in a given year as a result of medical errors than from motor vehicle accidents (43,458), breast cancer (42,297), or AIDS (16,516).
Look this number in [...]

Fatal Airline Accidents Drop in Twenty Years

Since a 1997 goal to reduce the rate of airline accidents by 80 percent, fatal accidents have fallen. Fetal Airplant Crashes Drop 65%. See the New York Times Report.
Learn What Doctors can learn from Pilots about Safety.