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- Author(s): Sternberg, Steve
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U.S. News Digital Weekly. 4/19/2013, Vol. 5 Issue 16, p12-12. 1p.
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The article discusses the efforts to prevent medical errors in the U.S. According to 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine, at least 44,000 patients are killed annually due to medical errors and unsafe practices in hospitals. A consortium of children's hospitals in Ohio received a grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help eliminate preventable medical errors.
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