CMAJ has been made aware of an error that occurred in an article published in the Aug. 12, 2019, issue.1
In the first paragraph of the article, the last sentence read, “In 2014, the landmark Canadian Adverse Events Study reported adverse events in 7.5% of hospital admissions, with 37% of these events deemed preventable.” It should have read, “In 2004, the landmark Canadian Adverse Events Study reported adverse events in 7.5% of hospital admissions, with 37% of these events deemed preventable.”
CMAJ apologizes for the error.