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100 _aMcCarthy, Sarah J.,
245 0 _aHospital Depot.
_cSarah J. McCarthy.
260 _bHumanist,
_c2005.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
_nArticle 6,
_pHealth,
_x1522-323X;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500 _aOriginally Published: Hospital Depot, March/April 2005; pp. 26-29.
520 _a"Robert Wachter in his recently published book, Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, says there are about 90,000 medical errors committed annually in the United States and that hospital computerization functions at the level of circa 1980, about ten years behind the level of public schools and twenty years behind Wal-Mart." (HUMANIST) This article examines hospital errors in the United States and stresses concern over deteriorating hospital care.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aHospitals
_xStaff
650 _aInsurance companies
650 _aMedical care
_xCost of
650 _aMedical errors
650 _aMedical personnel
_xMalpractice
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006,
_pHealth.
_x1522-323X;
942 _c UKN
999 _c37371
_d37371