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Outpatient settings need to be safer, study finds

Adverse events among inpatient admissions hit 25% in 2018

Almost 25% of inpatient admissions in 2018 experienced at least one adverse event while 7% experienced a preventable adverse event, according to new data published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The analysis, which looked at about 2,800 admissions across 11 hospitals, found 978 adverse events, many of them serious, and a small percentage – 1% – that were both serious

Adverse Events Reported in One Quarter of Inpatient Admissions

An update to the 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study states that 7% of inpatient adverse events are preventable.

Patient Safety: Almost A Quarter Experience Harm During Hospital Stay, Study Finds

Some of the adverse events were said to have been preventable.

NEJM study: 22.7% of hospital patients experience adverse event

About 7% of patient admissions to U.S. hospitals result in preventable adverse events, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.