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Standardized, with basic safe practices and predictable outcomes. and this has been established in many studies. leading experts agree that many of these areas could be dropped almost to zero. >> its really a combination of leadership, safe practices, and technologies. >> youve talked in the past about a conspiracy of silence among medical providers, when errors happen. that they kind of circle the wagons. is that, you think, because theyre afraid of being sued? >> well, i think its a number of ...

>> our little twins were the victims of preventable harm. they came very, very close to dying. i have found out two shocking truths. first, the staggering mag attitude of health care harm that occurs in our country. second, how much of that harm is absolutely preventable. >> dennis, you were saying before the break, 200,000 deaths a year in the united states. you say that zero harm is the goal, but i mean, humans make mistakes. is there -- is it really possible to have a day when no patient is h...

Technologies. >> youve talked in the past about a conspiracy of silence among medical providers, when errors happen. that they kind of circle the wagons. is that, you think, because theyre afraid of being sued? >> well, i think its a number of issues, but, yeah, i think what it gets down to to begin, we were met at the door when this incident occurred with our twins. you know, first by the doctors and then immediately by risk management, which was really to control liability. and there is a, as ...

After. of course, human error is always going to occur, but we can get that number as close to zero as possible. we really -- we compare the aviation industry to the medical industry, really. we would like to see an ntsb-like organization in health care. that investigates accidents as they occur and can go to the -- find the problem and then take measures on a national scale to solve them. >> doctor, do you think that would work? >> well, we have really substantial evidence to show that we can d...

>> he has done nothing in particular to be remembered or to deserve a burial in such a place. >> reporter: but others say kaczynski is a lasting symbol of polands suffering. >> i think we should respect the decision. >> reporter: the funeral marks the end of a week of national mourning for poles still reeling from the enormous loss of life and talent in the air crash in western russia now being called simply the catastrophe. despite a swirl of conspiracy theories, all leads are still pointing to...

Western russia. investigators say human error caused that crash. attorney general eric holder facing a grilling today on capitol hill. hes scheduled to testify during a once postponed oversight hearing before the senate judiciary committee. g.o.p. senators are expected to confront mr. holder on a range of recent controversies including his plan to try 9/11 mastermind khalid sheik muhammad in lower manhattan and there are questions about his recent public statements one of which he said that the ...

Are still feeling. >> and jim, what is is latest on the investigation into what caused the plane to go down? >> reporter: well, still its going in a direction of human error, pilot error. the theory that there may have been some kind of pressure put on the pilot by passengers. they were all v.i.p.s. to the extent where russian and polish investigators have launched another effort with the black boxes, looking through sound sensors, any snippet of information, comments that would suggest informat...

But what the sanctions would be remains to be seen. you have russia saying it doesnt want any sanctions that would hurt anybody or cause any pain. the question arises are we anywhere near sanctions to make a difference in irans behavior? too early to say yes. >> bret: thank you. russian investigators are suggesting that human error may have been to blame in the crash that killed polands president and 95 others saturday in western russia. president ch lech kaczynski was headed to a memorial to ho...

Available for public viewing today. investigators believe human error is to blame for the crash. a delegation was on its way to attend a memorial for thousands of military executed by stalin police. the top american commander in iraq is going to leave his post by the end of the summer shortly after the draw down of u.s. troops. pentagon sources say part of a normal rotation and he did not ask to leave and the military source tells us that he was originally supposed to leave this spring, but as...

An encore presentation on sunday. if youre worried about your money, and i think we are these days, check it out. checking out top stories. searchers have gone back into a west virginia coal mine where 29 people were killed in an explosion last week. they hope to pull out nine bodies still in the upper big branch mine. efforts yesterday were stalled due to high levels of methane gas. in poland, a nation is mourning the death of president lech kaczynski, his wife and several top military and ...