According to a recently released report from the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, medical errors go unreported in 86% of Medicare cases. US hospitals included in the study have incident reporting systems which are designed to capture such events. Thirty four of the hospitals in the study noted that they "rely heavily" on the systems to find problems and make changes to improve patient safety.
http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-09-00091.pdf
No comments:
Post a Comment