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  • U.S. Hospital Medical Errors Kill 195,000 Annually: Report
  • Shorter Intern Shifts Mean Fewer Medical Errors
  • Americans Not Satisfied With Quality of Health Care


  • Search Results 1–9 of 9 Web Pages | See Categories and Related Topics
    FAQ - About Medication Errors
    Answers to the frequently asked questions about medication errors with links to other sites and more detailed information that may be of help.... Details >
    Institute for Safe Medication Practices
    Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families
    Also available in: Spanish
    Practical tips on what people can do to improve the quality of the health care services they receive, including how to avoid medical errors. This guide focuses on the key health care choices people ty... Details >
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Improving Medication Safety
    The information on this web site is intended to help hospitals and other health care systems to improve patient safety by reducing medication errors. Users can find useful resources – references and ... Details >
    American Hospital Association
    Medical Errors & Patient Safety
    Following a report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimating that up to 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical errors, President Clinton directed the Quality Interagency... Details >
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Medication Errors
    This Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) site offers an introduction to the topic of medication errors and a list of drug products associated with medication errors. Links for reporting me... Details >
    Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Medication Errors Reporting Program
    This web site presents health care professionals who encounter actual or potential medication errors with several options by which to report these incidents confidentially to U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP). ... Details >
    U.S. Pharmacopeia
    MedWatch, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Products Reporting Program
    MedWatch, the FDA Medical Products Reporting Program, is an initiative designed to both educate all health professionals about the critical importance of being aware of, monitoring for, and reporting ... Details >
    Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Reducing Medical Errors and Improving Patient Safety: Success Stories from the Front Lines of Medicine
    This report represents the stories of institutions and organizations that made a commitment to change and innovation in the field of patient safety and medical error reduction. This document focuses o... Details >
    National Patient Safety Foundation
    Report to the President on Medical Errors
    The President ordered the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force to make recommendations for improving health care quality and protecting patient safety following a report from the Institute of M... Details >
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Search for general information on Medical Errors
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    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Institute for Safe Medication Practices
    Institute of Medicine, The National Academies
    Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
    National Council on Patient Information and Education
    National Patient Safety Foundation
    Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force
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