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Photos: Johns Hopkins
2006 Crosskeys Media®
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Johns Hopkins intensivist Dr. Peter Pronovost is helping to lead the effort to make American medicine safer. Dr. Pronovost works on improving communication between physicians, nurses, other care providers and families. Communication breakdowns are the leading cause of medical error. Medical errors kill between 44,000 and 98,000 patients in U.S. hospitals every year, more than AIDS, breast cancer or motor vehicle accidents.
2006 Crosskeys Media®
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Patient safety expert Dr. Peter Pronovost leads rounds with other physicians and nurses in the Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore. At Johns Hopkins and around the nation Dr. Pronovost is working on ways to communication, the most common cause of medical errors. Medical errors are a leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing between 44,000 and 98,000 patients in U.S. hospitals every year, more than AIDS, breast cancer or motor vehicle accidents.
2006 Crosskeys Media®
2006 Crosskeys Media®
Caption:
Johns Hopkins intensivist Dr. Peter Pronovost is helping to lead the effort to make American medicine safer. Dr. Pronovost works on improving communication between physicians, nurses, other care providers and families. Communication breakdowns are the leading cause of medical error. Medical errors kill between 44,000 and 98,000 patients in U.S. hospitals every year, more than AIDS, breast cancer or motor vehicle accidents.
2006 Crosskeys Media®
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Patient safety advocate Sorrel King (L) and Dr. Peter Pronovost (R), appearing at a patient safety conference in Dearborne, Michigan on October 12, 2005. Mrs. King became an activist after her 18-month-old daughter Josie King died from medical errors at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in 2001. Dr. Pronovost directs patient safety efforts at Johns Hopkins.
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Sorrel King (L) lost her 18-month-old daughter Josie to medical errors at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in 2001. Since the death of Josie, the King family has forged an unusual relationship with Dr. Peter Pronovost (R) and others at Johns Hopkins to improve patient safety in hospitals.
2006 Crosskeys Media®
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When 18-month-old Josie King (bottom of the ladder) was killed by medical errors at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, she left behind a brother, Jack, sisters Eva and Relly, and her parents Sorrel and Tony King. Johns Hopkins admitted the mistake and apologized to the Kings and, after a legal settlement, Sorrel and Tony began working with Johns Hopkins and other hospitals to improve patient safety.
2006 Crosskeys Media®
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18-month-old Josie King died in 2001 as the result of medical errors at the nation’s top ranked hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore. Since her death, the King family has worked with Johns Hopkins and other hospitals to make care safer. Medical errors are a leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing between 44,000 and 98,000 patients in U.S. hospitals every year, more than AIDS, breast cancer or motor vehicle accidents.
