Where Are the Tort Reformers?
June 30, 2008
And California is not alone in this.
Serious patient errors at California hospitals disclosed in state filings
Officially called “adverse events,”
those accidents are also known as “never events” because they are
considered preventable, and many safety experts say they should never
happen. California patients are being injured at a rate of about 100 a
month, according to data compiled by the state Department of Public
Health.