Special features of this DVD: PBS.org [text feature].

Edited by T.M. Christopher (Pt. I), Shane Scarbrough, Maria Zeiss (Pt. II), Maria Zeiss (Pt. III), Robert Florio (Pt. IV) ; camera, Brett Wiley, Richard Chisholm, Brian Dowley ... [et al.] ; music, Todd Boekelheide ; series advisors, Paul Batalden, Don Berwick, Tina Catanares, Janet Corrigan, Carolyn Clancy, Charles Francis, Howard Hiatt, David Lansky, Brent James, David Leach, Katie Lorig, Joseph Newhouse, Sheila Ryan, Pete Velez, Ed Wagner.

John Hockenberry, narrator.

Originally broadcast by PBS as a four part documentary series beginning 5 October 2006.

This four-part television series examines our broken health care system. The films address critical health care issues facing America including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care, and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances in improving the quality of patient care and profiles of individuals who are committed to fixing a health care system that is estimated to kill up to 98,000 people a year. Changing the way health care is provided in the United States is a difficult but vital task, necessitating a working partnership between patients, families, and providers.

Not rated.

DVD.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.