1. Joel Joel United States says:

    The Health and Human Services 2010 release of their study on the reporting of adverse events in hospitals makes the idea of posters to encourage reporting pale. It also suggests that the idea that patients can be informed enough to avoid problems is not realistic. 93% of the time adverse events were not reported. The 7% of adverse events that were reported were reported inaccurately 63% of the time. So about 2% of the time health care workers accurately report adverse events, which is the information the patient community needs more than any other to make informed decisions - success/failure rates for clinicians, facilities and treatments.

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