NECN covered last week’s State House event on health care quality and medical errors with a piece about the work of HCFA and the Consumer Health Quality Council. One of the 4 videos that debuted last week was the story of Taylor McCormack, who died at the age of 13 months as a result of medical errors. To view Taylor’s story, as told by her father John, of Pembroke, MA, please click here or visit www.hcfama.org/quality/stories. Approximately 4,500 children die each year from medical mistakes.
The news clip highlights the importance of HCFA’s legislative initiatives focused on improving health care quality. Medical errors cost the U.S. an estimated $30 billion each year. Improving quality leads to containing costs.
Kuong Ly
