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Albuquerque Journal
December 26, 2001 Wednesday
Health Systems Take Huge, Necessary Step

Sydney Morning Herald
December 18, 2001
Letters

Albuquerque Journal
December 16, 2001 Sunday
fatal Flaws

THE HARTFORD COURANT
December 13, 2001 Thursday, 7 SPORTS FINAL
HEALING WITH COMPUTERS;
DOCTORS ARE PROPOSING A MODEL NETWORK USING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE ERRORS PLAGUING U.S. HEALTH CARE.

The Washington Post
December 13, 2001, Thursday, Final Edition
VA Medical System to Get Harvard Innovation Award; Reporting, Handling of Health Care Errors to Be Cited

Chest
December 1, 2001
Infection control in the ICU *; critical care reviews.

HealthFacts
December 1, 2001
DRUG-RELATED HOSPITAL DEATHS ARE COMMON.

PR Newswire
November 15, 2001, Thursday
State of California Issues Guidelines for Medication Error Reduction Plans;
Healthcare Facilities Must Submit Formal Plans by Jan. 1

Pediatric Nursing
November 1, 2001
Lessons in liability for pediatric nurses.

St. Petersburg Times
October 26, 2001, Friday, 1 North Pinellas Edition
New USF center wins federal grant

St. Petersburg Times
October 25, 2001, Thursday, 2 Late Tampa Edition
New USF center wins $ 600,000 in federal funds

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
October 23, 2001 Tuesday Final Edition
MISTAKES WAITING TO HAPPEN;
PHARMACY ERROR REPORTING HAS LOTS OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

Business Wire
October 18, 2001, Thursday
Four Fortune 500 Companies Join Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Recognize and Reward Hospitals That Achieve Leapfrog Safety Standards

Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony
September 25, 2001, Tuesday
COMMITTEE: HOUSE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE
NURSING SHORTAGE

Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Medical Post
September 25, 2001
Medical errors the result of recurring system failures: junior doctors often put in charge without senior MDs to turn to for advice [Halifax Medical Error Symposium]

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
September 22, 2001
Managing care in the new era of "systems-think": the implications for managed care organizational liability and patient safety.

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
September 22, 2001
Quality control, enterprise liability, and disintermediation in managed care.

NBER Reporter
September 22, 2001
Medical care and economywide price indexes.

Business & Health
September 1, 2001
Medical error deaths overestimated?Brief Article

Nursing Management
September 1, 2001
Improve patient safety by leapfrogs and bounds; Brief Article

Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2001
From Grocery to Pharmacy.

RN
September 1, 2001
Study Says Number Of Error-Related Deaths Is Exaggerated; medical-error related deaths over reported

The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)
August 27, 2001 Monday
Panel debates ways to reduce medical errors

Copley News Service
August 26, 2001 Sunday
RESENDING TO CORRECT ERROR IN 18th graff starting 'And Matheny': Should be HAVE union representation sted of LACK
FOR PUBLICATION SUNDAY, AUG. 26, 2001, or THEREAFTER
Lawmakers need to find prescription to eliminate fatal medical errors

Copley News Service
August 24, 2001 Friday
FOR PUBLICATION SUNDAY, AUG. 26, 2001, or THEREAFTER
Lawmakers need to find prescription to eliminate fatal medical errors

Investor's Business Daily
August 22, 2001
Hard To Gauge Cost Savings Of Technology

TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
August 10, 2001 Friday, ALL EDITIONS
Patient safety revisited;
Critique challenges number of preventable deaths

Business Insurance
August 6, 2001, Monday
Study contradicts medical mistakes death figure

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
August 2, 2001 Thursday Michigan Edition
Medical mistakes should be tracked

THE PANTAGRAPH (Bloomington, IL.)
August 1, 2001, Wednesday
Reports on deadly medical errors tell numbers, not pain

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
August 1, 2001
Charting the Mainstream; Adverse Events Not Reported, Employer Saves with CAM, JCAHO Non-Pharmacological Pain Guidelines, Provider Types and CAM for Cancer, Aetna Takes from Chiro to Pay for Drugs

Urology Times
August 1, 2001
Hospitals required to inform patients of errors.

World and I
August 1, 2001
The Case for Transformational Government; scientific and technological advances and national security in the US

Modern Healthcare
July 30, 2001, Monday
Keeping the emphasis on safety; IOM statistics on number of medical errors 'misleading,' JAMA report says

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
July 25, 2001 Wednesday Marshall Edition
IU doctor rips medical-error numbers

CNN
SHOW: CNN LIVE TODAY 12:00
July 25, 2001 Wednesday
New Report Questions Number of Deaths from Medical Mistakes

The Hill
July 25, 2001 Wednesday
A new way to combat medical mistakes

Bloomberg News
July 24, 2001, Tuesday 4:20 PM Eastern Time
HOSPITAL MEDICAL ERRORS ARE COMMON, RARELY DEADLY, STUDY SAYS

Roanoke Times & World News
July 20, 2001 Friday Metro Edition
WEB SITE WILL GIVE DETAILS ABOUT VIRGINIA'S DOCTORS

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
July 20, 2001 Friday Final Edition
WEB SITE TO OFFER DATA ON DOCTORS
ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST PHYSICIAN INCLUDED IN INFORMATION

Omaha World-Herald
July 13, 2001, Friday METRO EDITION
Health System Targets Errors Increased patient safety is sought by fixing problems rather than placing blame Medical Errors

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
July 11, 2001 Wednesday Final Edition
Pathologist Missed Cancer, Suit Says Heather Oliver Was Told after Surgery Last Year That She Did Not Have Cancer. But Her Family's Relief Was Short-lived: a Mistake, They Say, Had Been Made.

Chicago Daily Herald
July 3, 2001, Tuesday, Cook/DuPage/Fox Valley/Lake/McHenry

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
July 3, 2001
Editorials; News; Editorial
Dayton Daily News
July 3, 2001 Tuesday CITY EDITION
HEALTH BRIEFS

Legal Times
July 2, 2001
Whose Bill of Rights? Raising costs and ignoring most malpractice is protection patients can do without.

The San Diego Union-Tribune
July 2, 2001, Monday
Hospitals have to tell patients about mistakes

Traffic World
July 2, 2001, Monday
Mistaken Identity
e-Strategies

Chicago Daily Herald
July 1, 2001, Sunday, Cook/DuPage/Fox Valley/Lake/McHenry
Hospitals ready for new tell-all rule Stipulation requires doctors, staff report medical mistakes to patients' families

Corpus Christi Caller-Times
July 1, 2001, Sunday
Hospitals to use robot pharmacists
Driscoll, Corpus Christi Medical Center plan to add robots to cut down on medication errors

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
July 1, 2001
Hospitals ready for new tell-all rule Stipulation requires doctors, staff report medical mistakes to patients' families; News

THE ORLANDO SENTINEL
July 1, 2001 Sunday, METRO
RULES PUSH HOSPITALS TO REDUCE MISTAKES, ADMIT ERRORS;
THE STANDARDS, WHICH KICK IN TODAY, AIM TO EASE PATIENTS' CONCERNS ABOUT COVER-UPS.

Orthopaedic Nursing
July 1, 2001
Medication Errors: Ethical Implications.

The Indianapolis Star
June 30, 2001 Saturday City final Edition
New standards will force hospitals to report errors

The National Journal
June 30, 2001
What a Cure! Higher Medical Costs and More Uninsured

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The Bismarck Tribune
June 29, 2001, Friday, METRO EDITION
Hospitals say new rules are no big change

The Denver Post
June 29, 2001 Friday 2D EDITION
State's hospitals must now disclose errors

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)
June 29, 2001 Friday FINAL EDITION
New rules to reveal doctors' mistakes

The Charleston Gazette
June 28, 2001, Thursday
New rules require hospitals to reveal mistakes

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
June 28, 2001 Thursday Final Edition
NEW RULE REQUIRES HOSPITALS TO ADMIT MISTAKES

PR Newswire
June 28, 2001, Thursday
Hospitals Face New JCAHO Patient Safety Standards on July 1

Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
June 28, 2001 Thursday Broward Metro Edition
CENSUS' HOMELESS COUNT DRAWS ANGER, CRITICISM

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA)
June 28, 2001 Thursday
National Briefs

Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony
June 27, 2001, Wednesday
COMMITTEE: SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
KEEPING GOVERNMENT NURSES ON THE JOB

Indianapolis Business Journal
June 25, 2001
New health commission to make diagnosis;
Panel charged with wide-ranging review of Indiana delivery system

Bloomberg News
June 18, 2001, Monday 12:01 AM Eastern Time
CERNER RELEASES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSURING PATIENT SAFETY

Internet Wire
June 18, 2001 Monday
ScriptRx, Inc. Installs 180+ Systems In First 90 Days Since Announcing Free Prescription Writing Systems' Availability;
Reduces Life Threatening Medication Errors In Hospitals Nationwide

Patient Care
June 15, 2001
To err is human: How to prevent medical errors.

Investor's Business Daily
June 11, 2001
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Sunquest System Aims To Reduce Medical Errors

The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
June 7, 200
New rules target medical mistakes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 5, 2001 Tuesday SOONER EDITION
BAD MEDICINE?;
CONSUMERS: MEDICAL COMMUNITY SHOULDN'T DICTATE OUR RIGHT TO SUE

Los Angeles Times
June 4, 2001 Monday Home Edition
Monitor / DOCTORS;
Few HMOs Report Disciplinary Actions Filed Against Doctors

BROWARD DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
June 1, 2001 Friday
A cure for poor handwriting

MedSurg Nursing
June 1, 2001
Iatrogenic Illness: A Primer for Nurses.

MIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
June 1, 2001 Friday
A cure for poor handwriting

Packaging Digest
June 1, 2001
Packaging as antidote to medication errors; Brief Article

PALM BEACH DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
June 1, 2001 Friday
A cure for poor handwriting

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 1, 2001 Friday SOONER EDITION
SENATE LEADERS EYE NATIONAL DATABASE ON MEDICAL ERRORS

Federal News Service
May 24, 2001, Thursday
PREPARED STATEMENT OF TOMMY G. THOMPSON SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS

Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony
May 24, 2001, Thursday
COMMITTEE: SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR & PENSIONS
TESTIMONY PATIENT SAFETY

Wisconsin State Journal
May 24, 2001 Thursday, FIRST Edition
SURVEY: MEDICAL ERRORS CAN BE AVOIDED;
HOSPITALS URGED TO ADOPT MEASURES SUCH AS COMPUTERIZED PRESCRIPTION DRUG ORDERING.

The Dallas Morning News
May 21, 2001, Monday THIRD EDITION
Medical Students;
Resident hours need to be rational

The Augusta Chronicle
May 15, 2001 Tuesday, ALL EDITIONS
PARENTS SHOULD BE VIGILANT DISPENSING CHILD MEDICATIONS

THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
May 09, 2001, Wednesday , FINAL
SURVEY OF DOCTORS UNDERSCORES MISTAKES 95% SAY THEY HAVE SEEN SERIOUS ERRORS; 20% RATE SYSTEM LOW

The San Diego Union-Tribune
May 9, 2001, Wednesday
Care providers tell of serious medical errors; 90% report seeing mistakes firsthand

The Times Union (Albany, NY)
May 9, 2001, Wednesday, THREE STAR EDITION
Serious errors seen in health care

Federal News Service
May 3, 2001, Thursday
PREPARED STATEMENT OF SENATOR LARRY CRAIG
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING TECHNOLOGY AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG SAFETY

Federal News Service
May 3, 2001, Thursday
PREPARED STATEMENT OF MARTY R. MCKAY, RPH CHIEF PHARMACIST, PEARSON DRUGS AND PEARSON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING

Federal News Service
May 3, 2001, Thursday
PREPARED STATEMENT OF JANET M. CORRIGAN, PH.D. DIRECTOR, BOARD ON HEALTH CARE SERVICES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING
SUBJECT - PATIENT SAFETY AND MEDICATION ERRORS

Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony
May 3, 2001, Thursday
COMMITTEE: SENATE special aging
TESTIMONY TECHNOLOGY AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG SAFETY

Journal of Healthcare Management
May 1, 2001
Quality Pays: A Case for Improving Clinical Care and Reducing Medical Errors.

The Palm Beach Post
May 1, 2001 Tuesday FINAL EDITION
EACH WEEK BRINGS DRUG MISHAP, SAY 8% OF NURSES IN U.S. SURVEY

Cox News Service
April 30, 2001
NURSES SAY UNDERSTAFFING LEADS TO MEDICAL ERRORS

Newsday (New York, NY)
April 25, 2001 Wednesday ALL EDITIONS
Medication Mistakes More Likely in Kids;
Researchers call for computerized prescribing

The Washington Times
April 22, 2001, Sunday, Final Edition
SECTION: PART B; COMMENTARY; Pg. B4
Scary rise in Rx mistakes

Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, TN)
April 20, 2001, Friday
Companies play role in better health care

Scripps Howard News Service
April 19, 2001, Thursday
Frightening rise in prescription errors

The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 11, 2001, Wednesday
A digital diagnosis; Scripps Health linking hospitals to patient-file computer

Copley News Service
April 10, 2001, Tuesday
A digital diagnosis Scripps linking hospitals to patient-file computer

HealthFacts
April 1, 2001
EFFORTS TO REDUCE MEDICATION ERRORS: HOW GOOD ARE THEY?

The New York Times
April 1, 2001, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
So, the Tumor Is on the Left, Right?;
Seeking Ways to Reduce Operating Room Errors

Risk & Insurance
April 1, 2001
The Real Cost of Medical Mistakes.

RN
April 1, 2001
New regulations focus on MEDICAL ERRORS.

Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
March 31, 2001, Saturday, Broward Metro EDITION
MAKE PATIENTS A PRIORITY, HOSPITAL CHIEFS TOLD

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
March 29, 2001, THURSDAY, FINAL EDITION
PATIENTS CAN PREVENT DOCTOR ERRORS, OFFICIAL SAYS

The New York Times
March 27, 2001, Tuesday, Late Edition - Final
MEDICAL RETREADS: A special report.;
Doctors Punished by State But Prized at the Hospitals

The Industry Standard.com
March 26, 2001, Monday
A Hospital for the Digital Age

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
March 26, 2001, Monday Transcript #6991
Balkan Troubles;
Medical Mistakes;
New Beginnings;
Conversation

Daily News (New York)
March 19, 2001, Monday SPORTS FINAL EDITION
EVERYONE'S NIGHTMARE Medical errors result in tens of thousands of dea ths each year. Worse, they're on the rise

Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony
March 15, 2001, Thursday
COMMITTEE: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE
TESTIMONY FEDERAL AND STATE ROLES IN MANAGED CARE

Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Medical Post
March 13, 2001
Error-free initiative begun

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 11, 2001, Sunday, TWO STAR EDITION
A SYSTEM TO CURE MEDICAL ERRORS;
KEN SEGEL AND JON LLOYD DESCRIBE A PITTSBURGH-BASED EFFORT TO IMPROVE HEALTH;
CARE THAT COULD BE A MODEL FOR THE NATION

Medical Industry Today
March 5, 2001, Monday
US Healthcare System Needs Major Overhaul, Institute Says

Chattanooga Times / Chattanooga Free Press
March 2, 2001, Friday
Report cites U.S. faults in health care system

Dayton Daily News
March 2, 2001, Friday,
REPORT: HEALTH CARE SYSTEM UNSAFE

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
The Kansas City Star
March 2, 2001, Friday
Report criticizes widespread problems with American health-care system

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
March 2, 2001, Friday, Metro Edition
U.S. health system is ailing, report says;
The Institute of Medicine says nothing short of an extensive overhaul is needed to create a system of care that can break free of the restraints and old habits that are hazardous to Americans' health.

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA)
March 2, 2001, Friday
Report: National health-care system woefully lacking; Tangled maze: Institute recommends an overhaul to bring 21st-century care to patients

TULSA WORLD
March 2, 2001
Health scare New study produces alarming findings

American Family Physician
March 1, 2001
Toxic Cascades: A Comprehensive Way to Think About Medical Errors.

The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
March 1, 2001, Thursday
SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B01
Report hits medicine in U.S. hard

Emerging Infectious Diseases
March 1, 2001
Feeding Back Surveillance Data To Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections.

Nursing Management
March 1, 2001
Size up the big three; standards in medical care

PR Newswire
March 1, 2001, Thursday
Plexus Institute Praises IOM's Bold Proposal for Health Care Reform

The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 27, 2001, Tuesday
Diagnosis is in: Technology helps doctors do their jobs

The Capital (Annapolis, MD)
February 26, 2001, Monday
Lawmakers want fewer medical mistakes

The Charleston Gazette
February 26, 2001, Monday
Readers' forum

Drug Topics
February 19, 2001
New JCAHO patient safety standards stress prevention; The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations JCAHO; Brief Article

PR Newswire
February 16, 2001, Friday
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation Seeks Researchers For Grant Program to Reduce Accidental Injuries in Hospitals;
Foundation seeks letters of interest from Michigan medical community

The Roanoke Times
February 12, 2001, Monday
Medical Errors Kill More Than Car Crashes or AIDS, New Report Postulates

The Roanoke Times
February 11, 2001, Sunday
Virginia Health Group to Begin Researching Medical Errors

Roanoke Times & World News
February 11, 2001, Sunday, METRO EDITION
HOW MANY ERRORS? WHO KNOWS?

Roanoke Times & World News
February 11, 2001, Sunday, METRO EDITION
MEDICAL MISTAKES;
HOSPITALS SWITCH FOCUS FROM PUNISHMENT TO PREVENTION

The Sunday Gazette Mail
February 11, 2001, Sunday
Doctors pick up on PDAs

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Lexington Herald-Leader
February 8, 2001, Thursday
Downloading diagnoses: Computers help doctors manage records, treatment

PR Newswire
February 6, 2001, Tuesday
CHIM Unveils Strategic Initiative to Improve Patient Safety Through Information Technology at HIMSS 2001;
-Nonprofit Trade Association Partners with Industry Leaders to Help Combat Costly Medical Errors-

Modern Healthcare
February 5, 2001, Monday
Autopsies R Us; As hospitals, coroners change routines, private companies step in to determine causes of death

Canada NewsWire
February 2, 2001, Friday
AUTROS Healthcare Solutions Partners with the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Foundation;
Partnership will work towards THE FAILSAFE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESIGN

PR Newswire
February 2, 2001, Friday
AUTROS Healthcare Solutions Partners with the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Foundation;
Partnership will work towards THE FAILSAFE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESIGN

Employee Benefit News
February 01, 2001
Errors in ambulatory care settings largely unreported
Karen Lee

Family Practice News
February 1, 2001
Prescribing Errors Put Doctors Under Scrutiny; Brief Article

IAC (SM) Newsletter Database (TM)
February 1, 2001
Mandatory Reporting Examined To Track, Reduce Medical Errors.

The Palm Beach Post
January 28, 2001 Sunday FINAL EDITION
TOO MANY UNHEALTHY BREAKTHROUGHS

THE PANTAGRAPH (Bloomington, IL.)
January 17, 2001, Wednesday
Hospital aims to trim medicine errors

Dayton Daily News
January 16, 2001, Tuesday,
MEDICAL ERRORS UNDER SCRUTINY

Centre Daily Times
January 15, 2001, Monday
Malpractice Climate Has Chilling Effect on Health Care in Pennsylvania

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
January 8, 2001 Monday Final Edition
MEASURING PROCEDURE ALLOWS EMERGENCY ROOM PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER CORRECT DOSAGE QUICKLY

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
January 2, 2001, Tuesday, SOONER EDITION
TALE OF A TAPE;
COLOR-CODING FOR CHILDREN SAVES PRECIOUS TIME IN EMERGENCY ROOM

Employee Benefit News
January 01, 2001
Employer group battles medical errors
Jeff Lehman

Health Management Technology
January, 2001
Making the Leap to Avoid Medication Errors

Other Years - Headlines: 1999.2000.2001.2002.2003
Other Years - Leads: 1999.2000.2001.2002.2003 (These are large files)