Medical errors
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Hospitals will work to reduce errors only if required by law, Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) maintains before the House Ways & Means/Health Subcommittee March 7. In a move to establish a non-punitive error reporting system that would allow information sharing with peer organizations, Institute for Healthcare Improvement President and CEO Donald Berwick, MD, recommends the subcommittee urge CMS to include error reduction as part of the agency's criteria for participation in its programs...