Reducing medical errors becomes a global goal
Ambulatory Safety Monitor, August 25, 2005
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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it has chosen the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) to spearhead a global effort to reduce medical errors, according to the USA Today.
Medical errors seriously harm one in 10 hospital patients, and a 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine found that 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die in hospitals each year because of the errors.
"Human error is inevitable. We can never eliminate it," says Liam Donaldson, chairman of WHO's World Health Alliance for Patient Safety, according to the USA Today. "We can eliminate problems in the system that make it more likely to happen."
The JCAHO will oversee the new initiative that seeks to have medical and patient groups worldwide share information and best practices to improve patient safety.
For more information on the initiative, click here.
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