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While hospitals are providers of both inpatient and immediate medical care, urgent care facilities cater to patients that only require brief minor treatments. In fact, more individuals have their illnesses diagnosed in urgent care facilities. This amounts to 950 million visits in doctor’s offices per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

In 2014, more than $12 billion were spent on surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASASPS). Although most plastic surgeries had been safe, there were victims of bad surgery who suffered botched results due to the provider’s negligence or inadequate training.

In their code of ethics, it is stated that nurses’ role in healthcare is to provide optimal care and to help in promoting and protecting the safety and health of patients. Unfortunately, hospital and treatment errors, including those involving nurses, are still considered a serious problem in the United States.

It’s bad enough that someone has a medical condition, but sometimes this can be made even worse by pharmacy errors. There are times when pharmacies give the wrong medication or the wrong dosage, which would spell bad news for the patient. According to MedicineNet, “Approximately 1.3 million people are injured annually in the United States…

According to an article posted on Live Science, a study in 2014 showed that “At least one in 20 U.S. adults, or 12 million people yearly, may be misdiagnosed when they go to see their doctors […]”. An incorrect diagnosis would lead to an incorrect or delayed treatment, which can ultimately make the patient’s condition…

ProPublica’s ER Wait Watcher gathers data on treatment times of hospitals around the U.S. As of January, 2015, New York ranks fifth in average time a patient spends waiting in the ER at 33 minutes. If the patient needs to be admitted into the hospital, it will take an additional 2.5 hours, which is fourth…