How Many Specialists Report Medical Errors?

Some 45 percent of specialists reported that a medical error had occurred in their practice in the past six months, according to a national survey. Researchers sent out the brief, anonymous survey to 2,500 members of the American Academy of Otolaryngology (head and neck surgery), of which they received 466 responses. About 37 percent of the reported errors, which affected both children and adults, caused major harm or injury. Four percent of the errors were fatal.

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