A recent article by Georgia Health News reports on the patient safety ratings for Georgia hospitals. According to the article, the intent of the hospital safety report is to aid consumers in their selection of hospitals based on a very important measure of care: “the ability of hospitals to prevent errors, injuries and infections.” They should have added “deaths” to the list.
The article cites a statistic that is quite alarming: “More than 1000 people die each day in the United States because of preventable hospital errors”
