Prescription errors are the second most frequent -- and expensive -- cause of medical malpractice claims, costing $219 million a year, according to the Physicians Insurance Association of America.

The report received near-saturation coverage in the media, and a public opinion poll found that 51% of the American public closely followed the coverage of medical errors. [2] Within 2 weeks of ...

The HealthGrades study finds nearly double the number of deaths from medical errors found by the 1999 ... nationwide from 2000 to 2002, using the list of patient-safety incidents developed by ...

The IOM Committee concluded that tens of thousands of Americans die each year as a result of medical errors, and that even larger numbers suffer temporary or permanent harm. The conclusion of the ...