According to a recent report, preliminary estimates for 2014 indicated that, from 2010 to 2014:

• Hospital-acquired conditions declined 17%
• Hospital patients experienced 2.1 million fewer hospital-acquired conditions
• As a result, about 87,000 fewer patients died in the hospital
• Almost $20 billion in health care costs were saved

Source: "National patient safety efforts save 87,000 lives and nearly $20 billion in costs," Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Press Release, December 1, 2015, http://www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/2015/saving-lives.html