RT @JakeCahan: Medical errors are third leading cause of death in the US, after cancer & heart diseasehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/03/researchers-medical-errors-now-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states/ https://t.co/1i4bIl88TY
US spends ~$3T per year on health care; loses ~$3T per year in economic terms from deaths caused by medical errors. http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2015/11/how-many-deaths-from-mistakes-in-us.html
"~350,000 Americans die each year due to medical treatment errors, more than all US combat deaths in World War II." http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2015/11/how-many-deaths-from-mistakes-in-us.html
RT @vkhosla: Human error rate in medicine is ~ as if Google' driverless car was allowed to drive if it had <1 accident a week; ICU errors kill>cars in US
