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Can you guess what might be the third-leading cause of death?
A study by patient safety researchers has found that "medical errors" in hospitals and other facilities now may be the third-leading cause of death in the United States, The Washington Post reports. At 251,000 American lives every year, that tops respiratory disease, accidents, stroke and Alzheimer's, the researchers report in BMJ. Martin Makary, a Johns Hopkins University professor, led the research and said it ranges from bad doctors to botched communication when patients get handed off from…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 4, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news