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A study published in the prominent medical journal BMJ concluded that errors by doctors and hospitals kills more than 250,000 people a year in the US. That's more than strokes, respiratory disease, and Alzheimers.

Healthcare workers fearful of repercussions from former nurse RaDonda Vaught's conviction, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today Healthcare workers are alarmed by the conviction of former Nashville nurse RaDonda Vaught, who now faces prison time over a medical error. "We could all and probably have been close to this situation because we're continuously stretched too thin," Kelsey Fassold, RN, an ICU nurse, said in a LinkedIn post. "We try so hard to do the best by our patients while the odds are stacked against us." Jeremy Faust, MD, MedPage Today's editor-in-chief, said in an Inside Medicine post that...

A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000.Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.Advocates are fighting back, pushing for greater legislation for patient safety. “My little angel” is how Christopher Jerry describes his daughter Emily.At just a year and a half, Emily was diagnosed with a massive abdominal tumor and endured numerous surgeries and rigorous chemotherapy before finally being declared cancer-free. But just to be sure, doctors encouraged Chris and his...