Max Rady College of Medicine

Application of Patient Safety Indicators in Manitoba: A First Look

Bruce S, Prior H, Katz A, Taylor M, Latosinsky S, Martens P, De Coster C, Brownell M, Soodeen R, Steinbach C. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2006.

48,000 to almost 100,000 patients die each year in US hospitals due to medical error. An "adverse event" (not always fatal) occurs in 5% to almost 20% of hospitalizations in North America. What is the patient safety record in Manitoba? Are some hospitals "safer" than others?

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