AHRQ Patient Safety Network: For Colorado mom, story of daughter's hospital death is key to others' safety.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



For Colorado mom, story of daughter's hospital death is key to others' safety.

Daley J. Colorado Public Radio. February 17, 2015.

Patient and family stories of harm are increasingly promoted as a strategy to provide insights into medical errors. This radio segment interviews a patient advocate whose daughter died due to medical errors, including failure-to-rescue and a health care–associated infection, and who speaks about that experience to educate clinicians on the importance of patient safety and listening to patients' families.

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