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Safety law mandates medical error reporting
LTC Liability Monitor, April 28, 2004
New Jersey Governor James McGreevey last week signed a law ordering the state's healthcare facilities-including nursing homes-to report medical errors under the Patient Safety Act, according to the Associated Press (AP).
The governor passed the legislation in the aftermath of a nurse's confession of killing up to 40 patients at 10 healthcare facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Lawmakers said the act-which requires state health officials to collect and identify trends in medical error data-could have stopped the nurse had it been in place.
The law also protects medical workers who report problems at the facilities they work for, according to AP.
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