Op-ed: Hospitals have done much to advance safety since 1999 IOM report
Over the past two decades, hospital and health system leaders have “heeded the call” of the 1999 Institute of Medicine report “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System,” Jay Bhatt, AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, and Robyn Begley, AHA chief nursing officer and CEO for the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, write today in FierceHealthcare. They “made bold changes to improve the quality of care and patient safety and have seen real results that benefited patients.” Read more.
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