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The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: developing an error reporting system to improve patient safety.

Riley W, Liang BA, Rutherford W, et al. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. J Patient Saf. 2008;4(1). doi:10.1097/pts.0b013e31816154b5.

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February 15, 2011
Riley W, Liang BA, Rutherford W, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4(1).
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The 2005 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act calls for creation of a national, voluntary error reporting system. This article discusses the scope and essential components of such a system, as well as what other industries can teach health care about error reporting systems.

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Riley W, Liang BA, Rutherford W, et al. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. J Patient Saf. 2008;4(1). doi:10.1097/pts.0b013e31816154b5.