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: Bodily Injury BlogHospital Medical Errors Often Unreported, Study Reports
By Edward Bills
According to a series of articles by Hearst Newspapers, many hospitals are still failing to report medical errors even after a report issued in 1999 outlined the need for reforms. The report, written by 22 physicians, called for improvements in patient safety and a nationwide system to track hospital errors. The newspaper's investigation found that ten years after the report many hospitals have been slow to institute change and lobby groups have fought against a national registry for hospital errors.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).
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