Becker's Healthcare September 23, 2021
Mackenzie Bean

More than three dozen health systems, patient safety organizations and nonprofit groups are calling for the creation of a federal agency focused on reducing preventable harm.

Preventable medical errors cause about 250,000 deaths annually, and little progress on improving patient safety has been made over the last 20 years, according to the 41 groups backing the initiative.

“The primary reason is that these improvements do not have one federal agency to independently determine why the adverse events...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Safety
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