TY - JOUR T1 - Letters JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 23 LP - 23 VL - 45 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 2015/05/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/45/4/23.abstract N2 - The recent Veterans Administration hospital scandal revealed that at least 40 veterans lost their lives due to medical errors, including delays in diagnosis and treatment. These deaths at VA hospitals, however, are the tip of the iceberg. According to a study by NASA toxicologist John James, PhD, published in the September 2013 issue of the Journal of Patient Safety, with 440,000 deaths a year, the third leading cause of death in the U.S. is medical errors. ER -