Medical
3 results
    Amount
    Massachusetts
     has been ordered to
    pay
     for the
    sex-reassignment
    surgery
     of an inmate serving life in
    prison
     : $23,000



    Average number of times each week
    U.S.
    surgeons
     operate on the
    wrong
     patient or body part : 40


    Rank of preventable
    medical
    errors
     among the leading causes of
    death
     in the United States : 3


    Portion of the
    National
     Institutes of
    Health
    's research-
    chimp
     population going into retirement in the next year : 1/5


. Marci L. Bowers (Trinidad, Colo.)

. Trust for America's Health (Washington)

. Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.)

. Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality (Baltimore)