Dead by Mistake: When few hospitals report, honest ones look bad

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

A government tolerance policy poses a public-relations dilemma for health facilities every time there is an error to report: Admit each error properly, and a hospital can be flogged for its accumulated record.

Don't report, and there's no risk of sanction.


 

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