Well, good to see we’re making progress. Or not. The annual Commonwealth Fund study reveals no movement in the US’s unenviable healthcare position. We covered this topic extensively in a previous post, and what it means for you the consumer and patient. But here’s the lowdown.
A few years ago, Dennis Quaid nearly lost his newborn twins to a massive heparin overdose. A nurse had inadvertently, repeatedly, admininstered adult heparin doses to both infants — they nearly bled to death internally. Now The Quaid Foundation is an outlet for Quaid’s passionate patient safety advocacy, and it has produced a documentary profiling families affected by preventable medical errors to educate the public.
Check out the preview after the jump: Read more…