ConservativeMind :" Regardless, do go if you need to go, but use quality indicators, such as those from your health insurance provider or independent organizations like Leapfrog."
“Nearly one quarter of hospitalized people experience a harmful event during their stay, a new study finds.
However, most of the bad outcomes are not preventable because they're related to known side effects from medications or risks of surgery...
"These numbers are disappointing, but not shocking," study author Dr. David Bates. "They do show we still have lots of work to do."
His team used data from the medical records of more than 2,800 patients who were hospitalized in 11 Boston-area hospitals during 2018.
The data showed that while at the hospital, 663 of these patients had at least one event that negatively affected their health, the study found.
Researchers determined that 222 of those events, or 7% of total admissions, were caused by an error.
In all, 29 people (1%) of all those admitted were seriously harmed by the adverse events, including one preventable death.
Nearly 40% of the adverse events were due to medications,
while another 30% were due to surgery and procedures.”
Another 15% were "patient-care events," including falls and bedsores.
About 12% were from infections, a significant improvement from past few decades, the researchers said. ..”
I had a coworker who went in for a shoulder injury, tore something. Got sepsis and died.