In my 30 years of practice, it amazes me how many thousands of preventable medical errors are committed on patients each year. Statistics have placed the number of patients who die from preventable medical errors each year at 440,000. 

That is 129 cruise ships full of human beings killed by their doctors each year! 

In a modern country with exceptional advances in medicine, there is absolutely no excuse for this. No reason this should be happening. Preventable medical errors are the reasons why, even the United States spends more on healthcare than any other country, it ranks dead last in heath and morality. 

What Causes Preventable Medical Errors?