Medical errors hearing
Executive Summary
Senate Appropriations/Labor & Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on medical errors Jan. 25. The witness list includes Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations President Dennis O'Leary, MD; Veterans Health Administration National Center for Patient Safety Director James Bagian, MD; Veterans Affairs Acting Undersecretary for Health Thomas Garthwaite, MD; Institute of Medicine Quality of Health Care in America Committee President Molly Coye, MD; and Florida Circuit Court Judge Joe Donahey. The Senate Health Committee also has a medical errors hearing scheduled for Jan. 25 (1"The Pink Sheet" Jan. 17, In Brief)