Medical errors climb at Minnesota hospitals

Medical errors and other preventable incidents at Minnesota hospitals and surgery centers rose last year to the highest levels in more than a decade. Minnesota Public Radio reports on the new report from Minnesota Department of Health, which noted 384 "adverse health events" during the period between October 2017 and October 2018, which included 11 deaths and 118 serious injuries. The deaths included five people who fell in a hospital — the r eport categorizes falls as a medical error even if the…
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