{"id":106,"date":"2014-08-09T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.neurecall.com:8888\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2025-06-03T01:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:50:09","slug":"preventable-medical-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/preventable-medical-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventable medical error is a lead cause of death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/10\/opinion\/sunday\/hit-the-reset-button-in-your-brain.html\">Daniel J. Levitin in the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, by \u201csome estimates, preventable medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/jair-lazaro-0lrJo37r6Nk-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"1995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/jair-lazaro-0lrJo37r6Nk-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/jair-lazaro-0lrJo37r6Nk-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/jair-lazaro-0lrJo37r6Nk-unsplash-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.syngli.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/jair-lazaro-0lrJo37r6Nk-unsplash-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@jairlazarofuentes?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Jair L\u00e1zaro<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/black-and-white-digital-heart-beat-monitor-at-97-display-0lrJo37r6Nk?utm_content=creditCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Daniel J. 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