Bestselling Author, Gloria J. Yorke, joined AM Tampa Bay to discuss that Medical error is responsible for more than 250,000 deaths each year, according to Johns Hopkins research. Making it the third-leading cause of death in the United States reports CNBC. Dosage mistakes, undetected surgical errors, mix-ups with medications . . Yourself. How can you become your own patient advocate? What questions must you be asking of your nurses or caretakers? Should you be at the hospital every day if a loved one is there?
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