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10-17-2006, 01:47 PM
http://www.pbs.org/previews/american_medicine/
anyone see this on tv?
online too maybe
- Four-Part Series Explores Quality of Health Care in the United States; Startling Statistics Underscore Chaotic Conditions Within the American Health Care System -
As many as 98,000 Americans die in hospitals each year of preventable medical errors. One million more are injured. In fact, medical errors kill as many people per year as breast cancer, HIV-AIDS and car accidents. These and other equally startling statistics underscore the chaotic conditions within the American health care system. REMAKING AMERICAN MEDICINE explores the quality crisis and the innovative solutions being undertaken by providers, patients and their families to transform the care provided by the institutions on which we all depend. The four programs air on PBS Thursdays, October 5-26, 2006, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings). Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winner John Hockenberry, formerly of NBC and NPR, hosts.
Each program examines critical health care issues facing Americans today including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and effective management of chronic disease. Rather than assign blame for the failings in health care, REMAKING AMERICAN MEDICINE offers solutions by showcasing the stories of individuals and institutions who are working to ensure better health care for everyone.
"We wanted to present detailed and emotionally engaging profiles of people like Dr. Donald Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, who are struggling to fix our broken health care system," said Frank Christopher, series executive producer. "REMAKING AMERICAN MEDICINE is their story, told through the eyes of doctors, nurses, administrators and patients, showing their struggles, their setbacks and their victories. We call these people and their institutions Champions of Change."
The first program, "Silent Killer" (10/5) sets the stage for the issues that are explored throughout the series. The program highlights the efforts of Sorrel King, whose 18-month-old daughter died at one of the most respected hospitals in the world, Johns Hopkins. King has gone from grieving victim to engaged activist, partnering with Johns Hopkins to make safety a top priority at the institution.
Sorrel has joined forces with Dr. Berwick to save 100,000 lives in American hospitals, the nearly equivalent number of people who die each year from medical errors, according to the Institute of Medicine. Notes Dr. Berwick, "What we need is outrage. We need the public to say, 'No, I don't want a health care system at any price, let alone close to two trillion dollars, which is going to hurt me when it tries to help me.'"
"First Do No Harm" (10/12) takes a critical look at the impact of medical errors and patient safety in two hospitals, and follows the efforts of physicians who are challenging their colleagues to live up to their oath to "first do no harm." In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chi
anyone see this on tv?
online too maybe
- Four-Part Series Explores Quality of Health Care in the United States; Startling Statistics Underscore Chaotic Conditions Within the American Health Care System -
As many as 98,000 Americans die in hospitals each year of preventable medical errors. One million more are injured. In fact, medical errors kill as many people per year as breast cancer, HIV-AIDS and car accidents. These and other equally startling statistics underscore the chaotic conditions within the American health care system. REMAKING AMERICAN MEDICINE explores the quality crisis and the innovative solutions being undertaken by providers, patients and their families to transform the care provided by the institutions on which we all depend. The four programs air on PBS Thursdays, October 5-26, 2006, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings). Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winner John Hockenberry, formerly of NBC and NPR, hosts.
Each program examines critical health care issues facing Americans today including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and effective management of chronic disease. Rather than assign blame for the failings in health care, REMAKING AMERICAN MEDICINE offers solutions by showcasing the stories of individuals and institutions who are working to ensure better health care for everyone.
"We wanted to present detailed and emotionally engaging profiles of people like Dr. Donald Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, who are struggling to fix our broken health care system," said Frank Christopher, series executive producer. "REMAKING AMERICAN MEDICINE is their story, told through the eyes of doctors, nurses, administrators and patients, showing their struggles, their setbacks and their victories. We call these people and their institutions Champions of Change."
The first program, "Silent Killer" (10/5) sets the stage for the issues that are explored throughout the series. The program highlights the efforts of Sorrel King, whose 18-month-old daughter died at one of the most respected hospitals in the world, Johns Hopkins. King has gone from grieving victim to engaged activist, partnering with Johns Hopkins to make safety a top priority at the institution.
Sorrel has joined forces with Dr. Berwick to save 100,000 lives in American hospitals, the nearly equivalent number of people who die each year from medical errors, according to the Institute of Medicine. Notes Dr. Berwick, "What we need is outrage. We need the public to say, 'No, I don't want a health care system at any price, let alone close to two trillion dollars, which is going to hurt me when it tries to help me.'"
"First Do No Harm" (10/12) takes a critical look at the impact of medical errors and patient safety in two hospitals, and follows the efforts of physicians who are challenging their colleagues to live up to their oath to "first do no harm." In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chi