Implementing a Good Catch Program in an Integrated Health System
from Longwoods Radio Hosted by Debbie Barnard, Marilyn Dumkee, Balvir Bains and Brenda Gallivan
In 2004, the Canadian Adverse Events Study (Baker et al. 2004) determined the incidence rate of adverse events (AE) in Canada to be 7.5%. This translates to approximately 185,000 for the almost 2.5 million annual hospital admissions in Canada. The study noted "close to 70,000 of these AEs were potentially preventable."
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