200,000 Americans die each year due to avoidable medical injuries

According to the Journal of Public Safety over 200,000 Americans die each year due to avoidable medical injuries. The full study is available as a free download at: 

http://journals.lww.com/journalpatientsafety/Fulltext/2013/09000/A_New,_Evidence_based_Estimate_of_Patient_Harms.2.aspx#

It also is published in an article in Scientific American:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-many-die-from-medical-mistakes-in-us-hospitals