If the lower figure is used as an estimate, deaths in hospitals resulting from medical errors are the eighth leading cause of mortality in the United States, surpassing deaths attributable to motor vehicle accidents (43,458), breast cancer (42,297), and AIDS (16,516).
For some years, hospital interns, residents, and nurses have attributed many of the errors made in patient care to the long hours they are expected to work, many times with inadequate sleep.
Hospitals that are implementing error-reduction programs based on the CQI model have found that a non-punitive procedure for reporting medical errors has improved morale among the staff as well as significantly reduced the number of medical errors.
The New York Hospital was founded in 1771 by a Royal Charter granted by King George III of England and was associated with Weill Cornell Medical College.
The PresbyterianHospital was founded in 1868 by James Lenox, a New York philanthropist and was associated with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
After the merger, the hospital name is written as "NewYork-Presbyterian," without a space between New and York, to denote an entity separate from the city; and a hyphen between York and Presbyterian, that is key to representing the merger.
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