Safety Reporting Systems Will Be Focus Of IoM Medication Errors Cmte. April 14
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors panel discussion topics for the April 13-15 meeting also include systems design, technology, quality, patient-consumer initiatives and federal and state legislative policy.
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