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To: Brumar89 who wrote (505611)	8/17/2009 5:27:03 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577225

Idiot.....the medical plan will not be the reason mistakes are reduced....the medical community has to do that induced by the outrage of the nation...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (505611)	8/17/2009 6:01:42 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577225

"Medical Errors Costing U.S. Billions" You are terribly uninformed..and btw, the number seems to be firmly 200,000. And it includes a lot more than hand washing. washingtonpost.com catherinemarie.wordpress.com healthgrades.com "200,000 Patients a Year Die from Medical Mistakes and Preventable Infections" " August 17, 2009 jatahealth.wordpress.com "There are startling statistics that validate the poor quality of care in the U.S. health care system. For instance, only 43% of physicians wash their hands, 15% are unaware that hand-washing can reduce infections, 23% never intend to adhere to hand-washing and 67% see hand-washing to be a difficult task (Pittet, “Hand Hygiene Among Physicians: Performance Beliefs and Perceptions”, Annals of Intern Med. 2004). The U.S. health care system is currently ranked 37th by WHO (World Health Organization). The 1st place rank for best health care system in the world goes to France. What has happened to our health care system? Medical mistakes (like the one in the above video, Linda’s story) are contributed by many factors. Human errors account for all of them. Nurses, physicians and surgeons are constantly pressured to see as many patients as possible in order to keep up with the business needs of medical facilities. Providers are working around the clock with very little sleep and very little break. At some point (because no human can properly function without sleep), errors are inevitable. There are other errors such as rushing through a patient’s care mainly due to the large volume of patients who need care. The U.S. is over-populated with the sick and the unhealthy, which is primarily our accountability in whether we choose to live by positive or negative lifestyle habits; there’s only so many providers and hospitals to go around before they’re choked with our overwhelming needs. A poor team environment is another contributing factor. Nurses are at many times afraid of speaking up about what they see wrong in patients during their care, due to physicians becoming overly angry, discriminating against and undermining nurses."