Patient Safety: Legislation to Promote Voluntary Reporting of Medical Errors

[摘要] This report provides an overview and some analysis of the patient safety legislation that is being considered by the 108th Congress. It begins with background information on the nature and causes of medical errors, followed by a brief comparison of the differences between mandatory and voluntary reporting systems. The report then discusses some of the legal and policy issues facing state mandatory reporting systems and major national voluntary reporting systems, and identifies design features of effective reporting programs. It concludes with a discussion and side-by-side comparison of H.R. 663 and S. 720.

[发布日期] 2003-11-26 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Medicine;Medical ethics;Patients'rights