Medical Errors in Emergency Department; a Letter to Editor
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States of America and almost 100000 patients lose their life due to medical errors every year (1). Studies show that the number of medical errors is increasing annually. Various factors such as weak communication between medical staff and patients, the activity of the press and other mass media, insurance companies, lawyers and legal advisers, reposition of the doctors, economic problems of the health care team, and etc. have an important role in this increasing trend (2-5).
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