Medical Errors Are the Third Leading Cause of Death in the US — Here's How to Protect Yourself

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Apr 15, 2025 · 41m

Most people trust the healthcare system to catch its own mistakes. The data says that trust is misplaced. Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States — and many of them are preventable when patients know what to watch for and how to advocate for themselves effectively. Dr. Lidia Molinara is a prescribing pharmacist and patient safety officer with over 30 years of experience who has spent her career on both sides of that equation — and what she shares with Lisa Urbanski about the most common and critical healthcare mistakes patients unknowingly make, how to…