After his newborn twins were almost killed by an accidental overdose of heparin, actor Dennis Quaid has made promoting hospital safety his personal mission, according to several recent press reports. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/185383.php
Quaid gave did an extensive Q&A interview with Newsweek magazine April 13, http://www.newsweek.com/id/236313
about his crusade to stop medical errors. His new documentary, “Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm,” will debut this month at the global summit on patient safety in France.
The actor got involved in the cause after his twins Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone almost died after being twice given huge doses of the blood thinner heparin that “were 1,000 times too high” at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Newsweek.
Quaid told Newsweek that he and his wife Kimberly thought about suing Cedars-Sinai for malpractice, but decided against it.
In the wake of the near-deadly overdose to the Quaid babies, Cedars-Sinai spent millions of dollars to install bedside barcodes to eliminate prescription errors.
“I must say Cedars has stepped up to the plate,” Quaid told Newsweek.
And the Quaids started the Quaid Foundation, which has now combined with the Texas Medical Institute of Technology.
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