Quotes & Sayings About Research In Healthcare

What makes the situation so outrageous is that the healthcare industry has traditionally encouraged the American public to be passive consumers - to wait for developing technologies and new drugs rather than to accept the role they play in the expression of their own health and the origin of disease. The research clearly indicates that when consumers take responsibility for their health and actively participate in lifestyle modifications and decision making, they usually don't get as sick in the first place, and when they do get sick, they heal faster. — Elaine R. Ferguson

One study concluded that there were 1.7 errors per patient per day in America's ICUs. Of these errors, 29 percent could have caused clinically significant harm or death. Given that the average ICU length of stay is three days, this research suggests that nearly all patients hospitalized in the ICU sustain a potentially life-threatening mistake at some point during their stay. — Peter Pronovost