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Top Patient Safety Pain Points and Where to Focus Improvement EffortsMany healthcare organizations are working to improve patient safety but serious challenges remain. Medical errors are among the leading causes of death in the United States, and non-lethal harm occurs even more frequently-at a rate 10 to 20 times higher than deaths. A big part of the problem is the fact that determining exactly where to focus patient improvement efforts is a difficult decision for most organizations.