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How to Handle System Failures That Cause Patient Deaths

My patient died because the CT scanner was broken and administration knew but did not fix it to save money.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A patient died because the people in charge wouldn't spend the money to fix broken equipment.

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“Where Are You with Healthcare — Emergency Medicine & EMS?”

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