Why It Is So Hard to Quit Smoking-Preventing Medical Errors

A recent study found that American hospitals are making preventable medical errors that kill thousands of Americans each year. Patient advocate Gloria Lopez-Cordle, nationally-recognized, creator of “the Personal Medical Journal”, a patient organizational tool believes that patients and their families need to take charge of their medical information to prevent mistakes by doctors. She offered advice on what kinds of medical data is important and how to organize it.