Senate Medical Errors Legislative Inititatives Follow IoM Report
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Catalyzed by a recent Institute of Medicine report on use error, a bipartisan group of senators has begun drafting preliminary language for legislation that would "make critical changes in the nation's major federal health care programs to dramatically reduce the risk of medical errors," staffers report.
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