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Minimizing medical mistakes: mother's mission to reduce hospital errors.

Takahara D. KDVR. May 19, 2015.

Parents of children who experience harm in the course of medical care serve as advocates to drive safety improvement. This news video segment features insights from a patient advocate who became engaged in health care safety efforts after her daughter died due to a series of medical mistakes, including failure to rescue.

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