Obama Administration Announces Major Decline in Medical Errors

December 3, 2014

(Los Angeles Times) – Infections and other medical errors that harm patients in hospitals have declined significantly, the Obama administration said Tuesday, hailing the progress as a sign that new efforts to improve patients’ safety are bearing fruit. From 2010 to 2013, so-called hospital-acquired conditions declined 17%, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services. Administration officials said the declines resulted in about 50,000 fewer deaths and savings of some $12 billion.