bh IN BRIEF   Patient safety costs all Canadians, dearly. This includes employers because medical errors keep people away from work through extended hospital stays, disabilities, and, too often, premature death.Recently, the first Canadian study estimated 7.5% of those hospitalized suffer an adverse event, and that almost 40% of those were avoidable. Between 9,000 and … Continue reading Patient Safety – Are Canadian Hospitals “Taking Care of Business”?