title: Doctors' deadly mistakes. Medical errors kill up to 98,000 Americans yearly; a new report says that number could be cut drastically.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lemonick
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology