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Your Rights As a Hospital Patient Questions to Prepare for Surgery If You Think You're Leaving the Hospital Too Soon Getting to Know Your MCO (managed care organization) Preventing Prescription Errors
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ACTION AGENDA
The National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine has documented that a staggering number of patient injuries and deaths result from poor quality medical care in hospitals. The study found that the leading cause of hospital deaths is prescription mistakes. Policymakers will continue to grapple with meeting the statešs goal of cutting the number of medical errors in half over the next few years. Patient safety advocates will push proposals to
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