Improving Quality and Preventing Error in Medical Practice

Authors

Lisa Sprague, George Washington University

Document Type

Issue Brief

Publication Date

3-15-2000

Abstract

Drawing on the Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is Human, this issue brief looks at quality-improvement and error-reduction efforts at the institutional, regional, and state levels and analyzes the roles of government and the private sector in bringing such efforts into national focus. Questions considered include whether error reporting should be mandatory or voluntary, who should perform error analysis, and the role of the individual in an institutional accountability model.

Comments

Issue brief no. 753

Recommended Citation

Sprague, Lisa, "Improving Quality and Preventing Error in Medical Practice" (2000). National Health Policy Forum. Paper 45.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_centers_nhpf/45

Open Access

yes