Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami
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Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board is a made for television documentary that explores medical errors and waste in healthcare. It was broadcast globally on the Discovery Channel in 2012. It references federally-funded studies in the United States and news footage to support the claim that healthcare workers are afraid to speak up when medical errors occur in hospitals. The documentary covers solutions to preventable system failures causing harm.[1][2] It aired four times on the Discovery Channel commercial-free[3][4] in North America, Germany, the U.K., France, and other Western European countries including Sweden.[5] It premiered at the National Press Club on April 27, 2012, after a short speech by Captain Sully Sullenberger who was featured in the film.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11] The film was screened at the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Awards on May 3, 2012.[12]
Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami | |
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Also known as | Surfing the Healthcare Tsunami: Bring Your Best Board |
Genre | Documentary |
Written by | C Denham |
Directed by | C Denham |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | C Denham |
Producers | Matthew Listiak, Elizabeth Gay Muzio, Collin Gabriel, Jonathan Lawhead |
Editor | Dan Steinmetz |
Running time | 53 minutes |
Production companies | TMIT, Summer Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Discovery Channel |
Release | April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12) |