A BMJ report earlier this year declared that 1 in 3 hospital deaths were the result of medical errors. A flurry of headlines about the dangers of hospitals soon followed.

Just what is a medical error? What are the dangers of being in a hospital? And what can we do about it? We talk about these questions in today's episode. 

Resources:

BMJ on medical error

KATZ scale

To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System

Hospital at Home

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