Obama's plan to reduce hospital errors is working — and it's saved 50,000 lives

Sarah Kliff reports in Vox Obama's plan to reduce hospital errors is working — and it's saved 50,000 lives

"From the infections patients get when they stay in the hospital (which kill about 75,000 people annually) to medical mistakes (surgeons left an impressive 4,857 items in patients over the last two decades), hospitals are places where lots can go wrong. But hospitals are, just slightly, starting to get better at getting things right. A new federal report shows that improvements in hospital care saved 50,000 lives between 2010 and 2013, all by doing better at not making patients sick."