HHS TO MAKE SAFETY INFO EASIER TO REPORT, ANALYZE.(Brief Article)

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Four agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services will coordinate and standardize the federal government's databases for reporting medical error and patient safety information, potentially including state error databases, Secretary Tommy Thompson and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality chief John Eisenberg, MD, announced April 23.

Eisenberg, who...

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