Question

The Institute of Medicine report of 1999 cites two major studies that establish medical errors as one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. Should the federal government take the necessary steps to monitor the status of this high-risk situation, as it does with other epidemics, or should the government continue to trust the providers of health care to deal forthrightly with the problem?

Answer 1

Clinton administration over the period immediately took steps to reduce medical errors. They have approached Agency for healthcare research and quality to provide efforts to reduce or prevent medical errors.

They were:

To develop and test newer technologies in preventing errors

To conduct large scale projects to rule out the safety interventions and to develop a strategy for reporting errors

To conduct research using multidisciplinary team in various geographical diversities in finding the type of medical errors and its causes

To conduct projects which facilitate to determine the environment which causes medical errors

Funding the projects, researches to develop an effective protocol for healthcare providers to improve quality in care and to avoid medical errors