MSNBC has a report about a new computer system that helps doctors avoid
prescribing drugs that have bad effects when mixed:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/546051.asp
According to this report, "at least 44,000 Americans, and perhaps as many as
98,000, die each year from preventable mistakes in hospitals. About
one-fifth of mistakes are believed to occur because of drug complications:
overdoses, underdoses, drug interactions, allergic reactions." I wonder how
many of the dosage errors result from incorrect FFU-to-SI conversions? This
could be our "wedge" to convince the AMA to go exclusively SI. The Surgeon
General could also be of great help on this issue.
Jason
New prescription for medical errors.url
