A Hearst national investigation reports that an estimated 200,000 Americans will die from preventable medical mistakes and hospital infections this year. The report, titled "Dead By Mistake," was released Friday. 

The Hearst report serves as a follow-up to a 10-year-old federal report, "To Err is Human." In the federal report, the government urged the medical industry to cut in half the number of preventable medical injuries. According to federal figures, more than 98,000 Americans die from preventable medical errors and more than 100,000 die from hospital-acquired infections each year. 

The Hearst Report also highlights a number of recommendations in the federal report but finds that they were never implemented, including a mandatory national reporting system for medical errors. 

If you or anyone you know has been a victim of a medical mistake, contact the Washington hospital negligence lawyers of Fuller & Fuller at 800-570-4878.