He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he’s trying to change the industry.
05/12/24 at 03:50 AM
He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he’s trying to change the industry.
Fortune; by KFF Health News and Kate Wells; 4/19/24
For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife’s death. The question has never been exactly how Ann Picha-Lillard died on Nov. 19, 2022: She succumbed to respiratory failure after an infection put too much strain on her weakened lungs. She was 65. For Tim Lillard, the question has been why.
Publisher's Note: We often discuss workforce shortages in terms of staff stress. This interesting and heartbreaking story explores workforce shortages in terms of patient harm.