Sunday, June 29, 2014

NYT Investigation Finds Pattern of Mistakes Overlooked at Military Hospitals

BREAKING NEWSSaturday, June 28, 2014 3:28 PM EDT
NYT Investigation Finds Pattern of Mistakes Overlooked at Military Hospitals
An examination by The New York Times of the sprawling United States military hospital system — entirely separate from the scandal-plagued veterans system — has found persistent lapses in patient care that have led to severe injuries and deaths.
Internal documents obtained by The Times also depict a system in which such avoidable errors are chronic but scrutiny is at best sporadic.
The country’s military hospitals care for 1.6 million active-duty service members and their families.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/us/in-military-care-a-pattern-of-errors-but-not-scrutiny.html?emc=edit_na_20140628

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