Medical mistakes occurred at all levels of my care

MedpageToday’s KevinMD.com  –  Itzhak Brook, MD|Physician| May 18, 2013  –  Medical and surgical errors are very common in the hospital setting. They increase  malpractice lawsuits, the cost of medical care, patients’ hospital stays, and morbidity and mortality. As an infectious diseases specialist for over forty years, I was not aware how common these errors are until I became a patient myself after being diagnosed with hypopharyngeal carcinoma.  Read more