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A study published in the BMJ found that medical errors may be the third leading cause of death in the United States:
The IOM, based on one study, estimated deaths because of medical errors as high as 98,000 a year. Makary's research involves a more comprehensive analysis of four large studies, including ones by the Health and Human Services Department's Office of the Inspector General and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that took place between 2000 to 2008. His calculation of 251,000 deaths equates to nearly 700 deaths a day — about 9.5 percent of all deaths annually in the United States.
And from the airplane analogy, a simple fix: checklists.
Is it time for a system theory approach to medicine?
Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US (DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2139)
(Score: 2) by Gravis on Saturday May 14 2016, @11:54AM
A proper investment in more advanced automated surgical machinery as well as having emergency animation suspension systems [bbc.com] in place to buy more time to repair a body in the event of serious complications would reduce the number of deaths due to medical errors. Machines can help people survive surgery but only if we choose to build them.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @01:52PM
Then they'll just die due to programming errors.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 14 2016, @03:33PM
Yes, let's go with the most complicated and expensive option first!
Low-tech approaches like standardizing best practices are just too cost effective.
If I were prone to conspiracy theories I'd say you are promoting a solution that increases employment and remuneration for people like yourself. Funny how we are so quick to accuse people in other fields of corruption, but here we are doing the exact same thing in our field.