Where Is The Outrage?

Imagine if in the United States a 747 crashed every other day; that would amount to a death toll of about 100,000. Wouldn't there be an outcry for improved safety? Wouldn't the FAA demand that the industry correct whatever problem was causing such a loss of life!

So where is the outrage that right now in America, more than 100,000 people die each year unnecessarily because of preventable medical errors? As reported by the Health IT NOW Coalition, about a fifth of these errors are simply attributable to the lack of immediate access to patient records!

There is growing support for the establishment of an health IT system. The reduction of errors and saved lives will save billions and billions of dollars, by some estimates enough money to insure more than three quarters of all uninsured Americans. It is just one of many bright spots in how the delivery of health care can be improved. Read more at the link provided above.