Dead by Mistake: State law on reporting medical errors lacks bot...

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Sun, 08/09/2009 - 21:49

Six years after the "To Err is Human" report, the Washington state Legislature responded with a law mandating medical error reports. Reporting has been a trickle, at best.


 

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