The academy said the nation could and should reduce medical mistakes by 50 percent over the next five years.

The president's decree followed a report that 44,000 to 98,000 hospital patients per year die because of medical mistakes.

She lost her 18 month old daughter, Josie, due to a medical mistake.

In hospital situations, cable management can be critical to preventing medical mistakes.

Mr. Clinton's goal is to cut medical mistakes in half over the next five years.

Most records detailing medical mistakes are kept secret, even from the parents of the children involved.

Once again, Freud recalled a past medical mistake during his analysis.

As a result, it said, "medical mistakes are made, often with fatal consequences."

Forgiveness, which is part of many cultural traditions, may be important in coping with medical mistakes.

That will raise the quality of care and reduce costs, since medical mistakes are expensive.