New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 299 citations · 7 references
Health ProfessionsHealth AdministrationHealth PolicyHealthcare AdministrationHospital AdministrationPatient SafetyAdverse Event AnalysisAdverse Event ReportingHealthcare Risk ManagementMedical NegligenceQuality Assurance In HealthcareHealth System ImplementationHospital Adverse Event ReportingMedical Error ReportingProfessional Associations
Hospitals, insurers, and associations are forming task forces and initiatives to prevent errors, urging physicians and leaders to embrace these efforts. The IOM report “To Err Is Human” has prompted the health care system to focus on reducing adverse events, with agencies and industry supporting injury‑prevention research and accountability. No additional metadata provided.
The recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on the quality of care, entitled "To Err Is Human," has awakened much of the health care system to the challenge of reducing the number of adverse events in hospitals.1 The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is supporting research on methods of preventing injuries, and private industry is insisting on accountability. Many hospitals and their medical staffs are developing task forces to address the prevention of errors. Insurers and hospital associations are launching similar initiatives.2 Physicians and hospital leaders should welcome all these efforts; for too long we have been complacent about . . .
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Incidence and Types of Adverse Events and Negligent Care in Utah and Colorado
Eric J. Thomas, David M. Studdert, Helen Burstin et al. · Medical Care · 2000 · 1.7K citations