JCAHO and World Health Organization announce initiative to reduce medical errors
Accreditation Connection, August 22, 2005
The call begins at 11:30 a.m. Eastern tomorrow, August 23.
The phone number to call is 800/362-0574 and the ID code to give the operator is JCAHO.
Planned speakers include the following:
Dennis S. O'Leary, M.D., JCAHO president
Fred L. Brown, JCAHO chairman, board of commissioners
Sir Liam Donaldson, MD, chair, WHO for Patient Safety; WHO and chief medical officer, department of health, United Kingdom
Karen H. Timmons, president and CEO of Joint Commission International (JCI)
Mirta Roses Periago, M.D., director, Pan American Health Organization
Marty Hatlie, J.D., president, Partnership for Patient Safety
Peter Angood, M.D., chief patient safety officer, JCI for Patient Safety
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