Health Care Quality : Improving Patient Safety by Promoting Medical Errors Reporting.
Provides background on problem of medical errors by health care providers and analyzes medical error reporting systems. Discusses legal and policy issues facing State mandatory reporting systems and major national voluntary reporting systems, and identifies design features of effective reporting pro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2005.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Provides background on problem of medical errors by health care providers and analyzes medical error reporting systems. Discusses legal and policy issues facing State mandatory reporting systems and major national voluntary reporting systems, and identifies design features of effective reporting programs. Describes and compares provisions in H.R. 663 and S. 720, both the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, to establish legal protections for data and reports on medical errors to encourage voluntary reporting. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |