When the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded in its groundbreaking 1999 report,“To Err Is
Human,” that the know-how already existed to prevent many medical errors, it struck a chord …

In the Harvard Medical Practice Study published in 1991, the annual incidence of deaths
from medical errors in the United States was estimated to be equivalent to a jumbo jet …

(IOM), in the US as many as 98,000 deaths per year are attributable to preventable adverse
events that occur in the hospital setting, with annual costs (lost income, disability, and health …

Nearly 5 years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its highly influential report, To
Err Is Human. 1 The report brought together existing data and alerted much of the health …

THE 1999 INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORT TO ERR IS Human: Building a Safer Health
System1 launched the modern patient safety movement by estimating a large number of …

Addressing Ambulatory Patient Safety in Your Practice | AAFP Advertisement search close
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According to the 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err is Human: Building a Safer
Health System, 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical errors.(1) …

PERSPECTIVE n engl j med 363; 11 nejm. org september 9, 2010 1002 settings; indeed, a
search of the Patient Safety Network Web site of the Agency for Healthcare Research and …

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety maintaining trust and continuity
for future relationships.■ The highly stressed, time-constrained, and often fragmented and …

Abstract The Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is Human was a catalyst for concern
regarding quality, patient safety, and medical errors. The most effective actions will occur in …