This book is an urgent call to action centering on the author's
thirty-five-year mission to raise awareness of the 250,000 lives that
are lost each year to preventable medical harm and the harm faced by
healthcare professionals in the form of workplace violence, depression,
and burnout resulting in suicide rates higher than almost every other
industry. The book's narrative-driven timeline follows the author's
2,452-mile walk to thirty-seven Major League Ballparks using his love of
baseball as a way to garner media attention for his mission and indulge
in the welcome relief of baseball nostalgia.
Written for both medical professional and lay readers, the book pulls in
stories of patients and caregivers harmed as a catalyst for change in
our healthcare system, and as a way for the public to connect with the
issues faced by healthcare professionals. Also included are pivotal
anecdotes and stories from his medical career that propelled him to
become an internationally recognized patient safety leader. This book
will educate, inform, and entertain medical, nursing, and allied
healthcare professionals; patients and families affected or harmed by
medical care; healthcare leaders; medical, nursing and pharmacy
students; and politicians interested in healthcare reform. After reading
this book, the lay public will be empowered to question healthcare
professionals about the quality of their care and learn how to stay safe
when entering the healthcare system.
