Becker's Healthcare March 11, 2024
U.S. representatives have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to establish a National Patient Safety Board, a team that would be housed within HHS and dedicated to preventing medical errors.
Reps. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., and Michael Burgess, R-Texas, reintroduced the National Patient Safety Board Act March 11, the start of Patient Safety Awareness Week. The legislation is loosely modeled off of the National Transportation Safety Board, which has been credited for driving significant increases in safety within the aviation industry. The bill proposes the creation of an independent team that would be part of HHS to advance safety in healthcare by using data to learn from harms and develop solutions to prevent medical errors.
The bill’s sponsors say the National Patient Safety...
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