Frighteningly, the longer a patient stays in a hospital, the higher the risk that they will be victims of a preventable medical error.<\/p>\n
If someone is in the hospital for any length of time, chances are they may be the victim of a medication error; one that could have been prevented in the first place. This is the conclusion of a study done by the Institute of Medicine. Many Las Vegas personal injury attorneys<\/a> have seen instances of medication errors and have assisted their clients to obtain a just settlement.<\/p>\n It appears that at least 1.5 million preventable injuries happen each and every year due to medication mishaps, with over 400,000 injuries involving those in a hospital setting. It should come as no surprise that to rectify these errors there is a significant cost of close to $3.5 billion. Despite what the Institute of Medicine found, there is a good chance that the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frighteningly, the longer a patient stays in a hospital, the higher the risk that they will be victims of a preventable medical error. If someone is in the hospital for any length of time, chances are they may be the…<\/span><\/p>\n