Indiana hospitals are under the microscope as the state works to prevent medical mistakes.

The Indiana Health Department released a study of the Medical Error Reporting System. It outlines the 105 medical mistakes that took place in 2007.

"We can stop and say, ‘What are the best practices across the country? What do we need to do here in Indiana? What can we identify that we can standardize across the state to really help everybody?’" says Dr. Judy Monroe, Indiana Health Department.

Here’s a look at Michiana’s hospitals.

Memorial Hospital:
1 case of death of serious disability because of a medication mistake
1 case of an object left inside a patient during surgery

Elkhart General Hospital:
1 case of a surgery performed on the wrong body part
1 case of severe pressure ulcers, or commonly known as bed sores

Laporte Hospital and Health Services:
1 case of an object left inside a patient during surgery

Goshen Ambulatory Care Center:
1 case of surgery performed on the wrong body part

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
1 case of an object left inside a patient during surgery
1 case of severe pressure ulcers, or commonly known as bed sores

"Sure there were two, and only two, but that's two too many. And we want to make sure that two becomes a zero and remains a zero forever and ever," says Mike Stack, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.

The state reports 105 mistakes in 2007.

"But there's actually a lot more than 105 cases out there."

Peter Agostino is a medical malpractice attorney in South Bend. He says the number mistakes in hospitals and healthcare facilities would surprise you.

"A lot do involve miscommunication inside a hospital. Orders don't get passed along the way they should be. Or the nurses in the hospital sometimes don't know what the doctor wants. The doctor's not given information about patient needs and then things go bad from there," Agostino explains. "There's a pressure to move things along through surgery in hospitals so they can maximize the number of surgeries they do."

The Journal of American Medical Association reports 100,000 people a year die in the United States related to medical mistakes. That’s almost as many deaths as if the World Trade Center was attacked every week.

"I presumed the emergency room meant quick treatment so a patient doesn't die."

Betsey Betz’s father died at a local ER after, she says, a doctor made a mistake.

"The mistake was to not treat him promptly and to not treat his blood pressure,” Betz says. “If they had done this, as an emergency room should do, I don't think dad would have died, at least that night."