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1 in 3 People to Encounter A Mistake During Hospital Stays

The discussion starts off with a research about how mistakes are common in US hospitals. Anne’s thought of this was whether the data has actually been better collected or if health professionals are just making more errors now as compared to the past. Terri brought up some points in the article where MRSA was called a medical error which is not usually the case. Another thing is the cut made by Medicare on the medication time as compared before when nurses are given a grace period of one hour before or from the time the medication is scheduled.