What you don’t know can hurt you.
The Bleeding Edge
Synopsis
2018 | Netflix Original Documentary
The Bleeding Edge exposes lax regulations, corporate cover-ups, and profit driven incentives that put patients at risk daily. Despite having the most technologically advanced health care system in the world, preventable medical harm has become one of the United States’ leading causes of death. In The Bleeding Edge, experts explain the loopholes companies use to bring their untested products to market, and heartbreaking personal stories from those who have suffered from those devices put a human face to this underreported and devastating issue.
Accolades
2019 George Polk Award for Medical Reporting
2019 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Winner
2019 Peabody Award Nominee
2019 Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards Nominee - Best Science Documentary
Resources
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National Center for Health Research
The National Center for Health Research analyzes and explains the latest research-based information that patients, policy makers, and the public can use to improve their own health and to develop better health programs and policies.
National Women’s Health Network
The National Women’s Health Network improves women’s health by developing & promoting a critical analysis of health issues to affect policy & decision-making.
Device Events is a cloud-based software service that extracts, consolidates, and provides comprehensive information on the millions of FDA medical device adverse event reports.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and The National Patient Safety Foundation
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Patient Safety Foundation are committed to using their combined knowledge and resources to focus and energize the patient safety agenda in order to build systems of safety across the continuum of care.
The Leapfrog Group is a nonprofit watchdog organization that serves as a voice for health care purchasers, using their collective influence to foster positive change in U.S. health care.
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PSAN is a coalition of individuals and organizations consisting of patients who have been medically harmed, their loved ones, and concerned advocates. With a unified voice they focus solely on and with patients to raise awareness and to create accountability, transparency and safer healthcare.
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Patient Safety Precautions
Research any device that will be used on or in you. New is not necessarily better.
Get a second opinion for any risky or expensive procedure.
Ask your surgeon how many procedures they have performed.
Go to openpaymentsdata.cms.gov to see if your doctor has been paid by a medical device company.
Have a friend or family member be your advocate while you’re in the hospital.
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