Citations to IOM Report


2003 Citations to the 1999 Institute of Medicine Report that 44,000 to 98,000 People Die Annually Due to Hospital Errors	http://md-jd.info/errors.htm Medical Malpractiice

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Health & Medicine Week
December 22, 2003
MEDICAL ERROR: Study finds physicians reluctant to acknowledge, deal with mistakes

Managed Care Weekly Digest
December 22, 2003
MEDICAL ERROR: Study finds physicians reluctant to acknowledge, deal with mistakes

The Baltimore Sun
December 14, 2003 Sunday FINAL Edition
How medical error took a little girl's life;
Tragedy: After being scalded in a bathtub accident, 18-month-old Josie King was recovering at Johns Hopkins. Then something went terribly wrong.

PR Newswire
December 9, 2003, Tuesday
Cardinal Health Introduces Medical Gloves That Help Improve Skin, Relieve Dermatitis;

United Press International
December 5, 2003 Friday
Internal medicine docs review cases poorly

United Press International
December 5, 2003 Friday
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News

THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
December 3, 2003 Wednesday
Outrageous medical mistakes; guests discuss what has happened while under the care of a doctor that has affected their lives

Patient Care
December 1, 2003
Reducing medical errors in primary care: medical errors come in all shapes and sizes and stem from a variety of causes. Many can be avoided by vigilance and common sense; Enhancing Your Practice

Fortune
November 24, 2003
IT Takes On The ER (Results May Vary); Hospitals, worried about streamlining and safety, are finally joining the digital revolution. But cautious doctors and entrenched bureaucracies are
causing tech firms chronic pain.

Newsbytes
November 21, 2003, Friday
Doctors Advised to Keep Records Electronically

Technews.com
November 21, 2003
Doctors Advised to Keep Records Electronically

The Washington Post
November 21, 2003 Friday Final Edition
Doctors Advised to Keep Records Electronically; Technology Could Prevent Errors, Report Says

CBS MarketWatch
November 19, 2003 Wednesday
Doctors next in ratings initiatives

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Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony
November 19, 2003 Wednesday
Committee: House Veterans Affairs Medical Records Sharing

Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)
November 18, 2003 Tuesday, FINAL EDITION
Error Relief; Hospitals use new technology to reduce potentially deadly medication and testing
mistakes

The Idaho Statesman
November 15, 2003 Saturday
Boise gets a taste of brewing national debate on health care; Gingrich shares his vision at a local conference

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
November 12, 2003 Wednesday FINAL EDITION
Many chances for mistakes in hospitals ;
TAKES FIVE; LUCIAN LEAPE; Many chances for mistakes in hospital.

United Press International
November 12, 2003 Wednesday
Patient information going digital

Journal of Healthcare Management
November 1, 2003
Integrating Six Sigma with total quality management: a case example for measuring medication errors.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania)
October 28, 2003 Tuesday Sooner Edition
New Test Combination Detects down Syndrome Earlier in Fetuses

Business Wire
October 27, 2003 Monday
Acupath Laboratories Says Make No Mistake, Medical Errors Are a Serious Reality; Tips for Reducing the Chance of Becoming a Medical Error Victim

The Olympian (Olympia, WA)
October 22, 2003 Wednesday
Prescription medication stamped with new codes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania)
October 17, 2003 Friday Sooner Edition
Learn from These Errors

Modern Healthcare
October 13, 2003, Monday
Counting the risks; Study details costs of injuries during hospitalization

American Health Line
October 8, 2003 Wednesday
Medical Injuries: Led to 32,600 Deaths, $9.3b Cost in 2000

Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah)
October 8, 2003, Wednesday
Preventable complications cost more than $9 billion

Newsday (New York)
October 8, 2003 Wednesday NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION
Medical Complications Prove Costly

St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
October 8, 2003 Wednesday - South Pinellas Edition
Survey: Complications deadly, costly

THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW
October 3, 2003 Friday
Outrageous medical mistakes; guests discuss what has happened while under the care of a doctor that has affected their liv
PR Newswire
October 1, 2003, Wednesday
Department of Defense Awards Park City Solutions 'Concept Exploration Support' Contract for DoD Patient Safety Reporting System

USA TODAY
October 1, 2003, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION
For many in U.S., good health care barely exists

Business Wire
September 25, 2003 Thursday
Allscripts Wins Innovation Award at TETHIC 2003; TouchWorks EMR
Selected as the Most Innovative Information Technology for Physician Practices

All Rights Reserved
The Indianapolis Star
September 8, 2003 Monday Final Edition
Change the system to safeguard NASA lives

Copyright 2003 Virginian-Pilot
Virginian-Pilot
September 3, 2003, Wednesday
Bar-Code Technology at Hampton, Va., Hospital Helps Prevent Overdoses

The Virginian-Pilot(Norfolk, Va.)
September 3, 2003 Wednesday Final Edition
Va Hospitals Set New Safety Bar;
Technology to Protect Patients Serves as Model for Country

Geriatric Times
September 1, 2003
Peer Review: Will More Statutes Make It Work?

Nursing Economics
September 1, 2003
Lessons from aviation: teamwork to improve patient safety; Patient
Safety

Federal News Service

August 18, 2003 Monday
The Mclaughlin Group
Host: John Mclaughlin
Joined By: Tony Blankley, Patrick Buchanan, Susan Dentzer and Robert Laszewski
Taped: Thursday, July 31, 2003 Broadcast: Weekend of (Date)

Federal News Service
August 14, 2003 Thursday
Remarks by Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Senator John Edwards (D-NC)And Senator Bob Graham (D-Fl) at Iowa Health Care Forum
Moderator: Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack (D)
Location: Drake University, Desmoine, Iowa

Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ)
August 3, 2003 Sunday X Edition
Looking for a good hospital? Try asking a doctor

Best's Review
August 1, 2003
Critical condition: the nursing shortage is sparking new interest in nurses' liability insurance and maybe higher prices; Property/Casualty; Industry Overview

Canadian Healthcare Manager
August, 2003
A changing paradigm: it's time to consider ehealth investments in terms of Return on Patient Safety

Health & Medicine Week
July 28, 2003
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS: Group agrees on healthcare data standards

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS: Group agrees on healthcare data standards

Managed Care Weekly Digest
July 28, 2003
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS: Group agrees on healthcare data standards

CBS MarketWatch
July 21, 2003 Monday
It's time to digitize healthcare

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)
July 19, 2003 Saturday FINAL EDITION
A blueprint for patient safety; Planned layout of new facility near West Bend hailed as revolutionary

LANCASTER NEW ERA (LANCASTER, PA.)
July 18, 2003, Friday
'Yes' marks the spot;
Write on! With medical errors alarmingly on the rise, local hospitals are
requiring patients to label surgical sites before operations.

Tampa Tribune (Florida)
July 12, 2003, Saturday, FINAL EDITION
Information Technology Decreases Medical Malpractice

Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony
July 9, 2003 Wednesday
Committee: Senate Joint Economic Costs of Health Technology

AORN Journal
July 1, 2003
Incident reports--their purpose and scope; Home Study Program.

The BBI Newsletter
July 1, 2003
Nursing shortage has multifaceted impact on critical-care areas.

FDA Consumer
July 1, 2003
FDA works to reduce preventable medical device injuries.

Healthcare Financial Management
July 1, 2003
Whistle-blowing: does anyone want to hear? Leadership and Management; healthcare organizations should be more open to whistle-blowing from employees

New Jersey Law Journal
June 23, 2003
Whose Malpractice Crisis Is It, Anyway? Lawyers, doctors and insurers debate the proposed cap on verbal damages

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
June 22, 2003
A dose of our own medicine: alternative medicine, conventional medicine, and the standards of science; Ninth Annual Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship in Medical Ethics, Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston

Iowa City Press-Citizen
June 20, 2003 Friday
Nursing shortage endangers patients through medical errors

Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL)
June 14, 2003 Saturday, Georgia Edition
LEGISLATURE King, James

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
June 12, 2003, Thursday, Metro Edition
Coleman panel studies medical errors; Experts call for "relentlessly high standards for patient safety" in health care.

FDCH Political Transcripts
June 11, 2003 Wednesday
Type: Committee Hearing
Committee: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-mn) Holds Hearing on Patient Safety
Speaker:
U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-mn), Chairman
Location: Washington, D.c.
Witnesses:
Roxanne Goeltz, Burnsville, Minnesota
Dr. James P. Bagian, M.d. P.e., Director, National Center for Patient Safety,
U.s. Department of Veterans' Affairs
Dr. Dennis S. O'leary, M.d., President, Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare, Organizations
Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, M.d., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, U.s. Department of Health and Human Services
David R. Page, President & Chief Executive Officer, Fairview Health Services,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Robert E. Krawisz, Executive Director, National Patient Safety Foundation
Dianne Mandernach, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health
Dr. Suzanne Delbanco, Ph.d., Executive Director, the Leapfrog Group

National Law Journal
June 9, 2003
Whose malpractice crisis?
Doctors, lawyers and insurance experts debate a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical negligence suits.

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA)
June 6, 2003 Friday
Neck manipulation study flawed

Business Wire
June 5, 2003, Thursday
Connecting For Health Unites Over 100 Organizations To Bring American Healthcare System into Information Age

Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
June 1, 2003 Sunday FIRST EDITION
Preventive medicine; Hospitals try a variety of high- and low-tech methods to cut down on mistakes.

The Daily Record of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
May 29, 2003 Thursday
Monroe County Bar Assn. panel debates tort reform legislation

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
May 27, 2003 Tuesday
BUSINESS OF HEALTH

Newsday (New York)
May 21, 2003 Wednesday NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION
Rx for Lawsuit Pain?; Docs rally for laws setting limits on malpractice awards

InformationWeek May 19, 2003 Mission: Critical -- Imagine 30% fewer deaths in intensive-care units and half the medication errors in hospitals. IT is poised to deliver improved patient care.

Texas Lawyer
May 19, 2003
Does Texas Need Tort Reform and How Much Is Enough?

Independent Newspapers Limited The Christchurch Press May 15, 2003 FT-ACC-NO: A20030516200-4A75-GNW DATA IS SKIN DEEP

The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand) May 15, 2003, Thursday Data is skin deep

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
May 14, 2003 Wednesday
The headline reads: Can you read your doctor's handwriting?

Medical Economics
May 9, 2003
Tort reform isn't enough: It may help fix the malpractice crisis, but it won't prevent medical errors and system failures; The Way I See It.

News Observer (Raleigh, NC)
May 8, 2003 Thursday, FINAL EDITION
Hospitals are curing mistakes

The Miami Herald
May 6, 2003, Tuesday
Study reveals widespread medical, prescription errors in 5 countries

The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)
May 5, 2003 Monday
Speak your mind; Memorial Medical Center's 'It's OK to Ask' program promotes better interaction between patients, caregivers

U.S. Government Printing Office FDA Consumer
May 1, 2003
Strategies to reduce medication errors: how the FDA is working to improve medication safety and what you can do to help; Cover Story; Cover Story

National Education Association of the United States NEA Today
May 1, 2003
Preventing medical errors: NEA and the AFT team up to address troubling healthcare issue; News; National Education Association; American Federation of Teachers
PR Newswire
April 29, 2003, Tuesday
Leading Health Industry Experts Offer Seven-Step Solution For Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care; Authors George C. Halvorson of Kaiser Permanente and George J. Isham, MD, Of HealthPartners Examine the Impending Health Care Crisis -and Provide a Way to Solve It

Business Wire
April 25, 2003, Friday
VeriChip Subdermal Personal Verification Microchip to Be Featured at IDTechEX ''Smart Tagging in Healthcare'' Conference in London, April 28-29, 2003

Daily Mail (West Virginia)
April 25, 2003, Friday
Letters to the Editor There needs to be a memorial to malpractice victims

The Tennessean
April 25, 2003 Friday 1st Edition
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Los Angeles Times
April 21, 2003 Monday Home Edition
Series of Errors Led to Girl's Death, State Says; The toddler entered UCLA Medical Center for routine surgery, but never recovered.

News & Record (Greensboro, NC)
April 20, 2003 Sunday ALL EDITIONS
MALPRACTICE DEBATE: TREAT THE ILLNESS

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
April 8, 2003 Tuesday Five Star Late Lift Edition Correction Appended
CARE MEANS MORE THAN CAPS

Medical Post April 8, 2003 Factoring for humans: anesthesiologists have led the way at designing medical devices to reduce human error -- but other specialties are following

Morning Star (Wilmington, NC)
April 7, 2003, Monday
Doctors take insurance demands to Raleigh

The Ledger (Lakeland, FL)
April 6, 2003, Sunday
CARE QUALITY A CONCERN IN DOCTOR ISSUE; BETTER REGULATION, INFORMATION OPENNESS NEEDED, CRITICS SAY.; MALPRACTICE DEBATE

Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)
April 6, 2003 Sunday Venice Edition
Efforts to curb medical errors faltering; Consumers remain frustrated at the lack of notice given towards physician; disciplinary issues.

Poughkeepsie Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY)
April 2, 2003 Wednesday Front Edition
State slow to censure errant doctors

Governing Magazine
April, 2003
MEDICAL MAYHEM

HealthFacts
April 1, 2003
People are frequently injured by medical errors; Rx News.

News Observer (Raleigh, NC)
March 30, 2003 Sunday, FINAL EDITION
Malpractice fight brews

The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.)
March 26, 2003, Wednesday
Doctor: Learn from mistakes Expert speaks on patient safety at Duke Hospital

Charleston Gazette (West Virginia)
March 22, 2003, Saturday
Legislation to benefit health care in state March 22, 2003, Saturday

Law & Medicine
March 22, 2003
Quiet killings in medical facilities: detection & prevention.

Federal News Service
March 20, 2003 Thursday
HEARING OF THE LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
SUBJECT: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR 2004 BUDGET
CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE RALPH REGULA (R-OH)
LOCATION: 2358-B RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.
WITNESSES: TOMMY THOMPSON, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Michigan Daily via U-Wire University Wire
March 19, 2003, Wednesday
U. Michigan seeks to prevent medical errors

Newsday (New York)
March 16, 2003 Sunday NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION
Quest For Answers; Renewed scrutiny of suspected medical errors

Dayton Daily News (Ohio)
March 15, 2003 Saturday CITY EDITION
GOOD BILL COVERS BID FOR DAMAGE CAPS

The Dallas Morning News
March 14, 2003, Friday SECOND EDITION
Fatal Slips; Greater transparency needed in medical cases

National Journal's CongressDaily March 13, 2003 Thursday 10:30 am Eastern Time am SECTION: HEALTH House OKs Medical Error Bill, Takes Up Malpractice Suit Cap

Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony March 13, 2003 Thursday COMMITTEE: SENATE APPROPRIATIONS CAUSES OF THE MEDICAL LIABILITY INSURANCE CRISIS

United Press International March 13, 2003 Thursday FDA rules could improve patient safety

World News Digest
March 12, 2003
Legislation:House Approves Medical Errors Registry; Other Development

Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
March 10, 2003 Monday Broward Metro Edition
TORT REFORM NOT THE ANSWER; JURY AWARDS ARE USUALLY APPEALED AND SETTLED FOR LESS

News & Record (Greensboro, NC)
March 9, 2003 Sunday ALL EDITIONS
WHO LIVES, WHO DIES, WHO PAYS? JESICA'S SWEET SAD SONG PLAYS ON

Morning Call (Allentown, PA)
March 8, 2003 Saturday FIRST EDITION
Allentown protest faces obstacles; Safety issues hamper demonstration against jury award caps.

Charleston Gazette (West Virginia)
March 7, 2003, Friday
Tragic Medical nightmare March 7, 2003, Friday

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) March 7, 2003 Friday Final Edition FIXING MEDICAL ERROR A JOB FOR THE PROFESSION

USA TODAY
March 5, 2003, Wednesday, FINAL EDITION
Special report: Hype outraces facts in malpractice debate

The Boston Herald
March 4, 2003 Tuesday ALL EDITIONS
Grieving dad fights malpractice award caps

Business Wire
March 4, 2003, Tuesday
PacifiCare Releases First-Ever QUALITY INDEX Profile of Hospitals

The Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
March 3, 2003 Monday, ALL EDITIONS
TO STOP MEDICAL ERRORS, INDUSTRY MUST FIRST ADMIT THERE'S A PROBLEM

Newsweek
March 3, 2003, U.S. Edition
'A Tragic Error'

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
March 2, 2003 Sunday Home Edition
OUR OPINION: Girl's death may dim view of tort reform

Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee)
March 2, 2003 Sunday Final Edition
Transplant case stirs malpractice questions

The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT) All Rights Reserved The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT)
February 28, 2003 Friday
Medical safety must be reformed

Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah)
February 28, 2003, Friday
SECTION: OPINION; Pg. A12
Doctors must battle 'banality of screw-up'

The Times Union (Albany, NY)
February 28, 2003 Friday ONE STAR EDITION
Erring out our medical systems

Transplant News
February 28, 2003
Death of teenage transplant recipient due to blood type mix-up shines spotlight on medical errors; Jesica Santillan

The Baltimore Sun
February 27, 2003 Thursday FINAL Edition
Shining light on deadly problem of medical errors

The Boston Globe
February 27, 2003, Thursday ,THIRD EDITION
ELLEN GOODMAN; SAFEGUARDING AGAINST MEDICAL ERRORS

Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia)
February 27, 2003, Thursday
It is human to make mistakes , It is necessary to install checks to prevent them

FLORIDA TODAY (Brevard County, FL)
February 27, 2003 Thursday Final and all Editions
Learning from our many mistakes

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
February 27, 2003 Thursday
Capping compensation will just hurt

Chicago Tribune
February 26, 2003 Wednesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION
Self-healing would help doctors' cause

Highlands Today
February 26, 2003
Highlands Doctors To Attend Rally; They Want Malpractice Relief But Lawyers Say Medical Errors Kill

The Washington Post
February 26, 2003, Wednesday, Final Edition
Medical Checks and Balances

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) February 25, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition LESSONS FROM SORROW; THE CASE OF JESICA SANTILLAN SHOULD PROD IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS

The Stanford Daily via U-Wire University Wire
February 25, 2003, Tuesday
An ethical prescription

Business Insurance
February 24, 2003, Monday
Med mal reform is bad medicine

Managed Care Weekly Digest
DATE1: February 24, 2003
February 24, 2003
MEDICAL ERRORS: Patients hurt even after hospital release, study finds

Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah)
February 23, 2003, Sunday
SECTION: WIRE; Pg. A02
Elite hospitals have share of lapses, too

The New York Times
February 23, 2003, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
Even the Elite Hospitals Aren't Immune to Errors

Berhad New Straits Times (Malaysia)
February 23, 2003, Sunday
Medical negligence cases on the rise

The Baltimore Sun
February 21, 2003 Friday FINAL Edition
Reforms for patient safety listed as critical; 'Very little has been done' to prevent medical errors

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
February 21, 2003 Friday All Editions
Transplant error can be prevented

CongressDaily
February 13, 2003 Thursday 10:30 am Eastern Time am
SECTION: HEALTH House Panel OKs Medical Error Bill

The Gleaner
February 12, 2003
FT-ACC-NO: A20030212182-3C94-GNW
CHILDREN'S CORNER

Reno Gazette-Journal
February 11, 2003 Tuesday
Keeping medicine safe for children

Medical Post February 11, 2003 Better measurement needed to stop med errors: as many as 98,000 U.S. patients die annually due to preventable errors

Baseline.com
February 10, 2003 Monday
Hospital Revives Its "Dead" Patients;
8,500 people at St. Mary's Mercy thought they were still alive. But the hospital's computers were telling them they were not.

Chicago Tribune
February 7, 2003 Friday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION
Solving the malpractice mess

Creative Loafing Atlanta
DATE1: February 5, 2003
DATE2: February 11, 2003
February 5, 2003 - February 11, 2003
Justice in Peril

Guelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada)
February 4, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition
Journal study: Patients hurt by medical errors after discharge

The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario)
February 4, 2003 Tuesday Final Edition
Patient relapse rate 'not surprising' due to lack of follow-up

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
February 4, 2003 Tuesday Five Star Late Lift Edition
TAKING THE CURE

Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico)
February 3, 2003 Monday
Researcher questions fatal error rate

Baseline
February 1, 2003 Saturday
St. Mary's Scare; 8,500 patients at a Michigan hospital thought they were still alive. But its computers were telling them they were not.

Underwriters
February 2003
Consumers' Position

HealthFacts
February 1, 2003
Malpractice is the problem not the high cost of malpractice insurance.

Healthcare Financial Management
February 1, 2003
Establishing ROI for technology to reduce medication errors is both a science and an art; The Business Case for Medication Safety; return on investment

Ledger (Lakeland, Florida)
February 1, 2003, Saturday
REDUCING FATAL MEDICAL ERRORS; EDITORIAL

Business Wire
January 30, 2003, Thursday
Educational Program Significantly Reduces Medical Errors; Studies Reported at Society of Critical Care Medicine's 32nd Critical Care Congress

Business Wire
January 30, 2003, Thursday
Educational Program Significantly Reduces Medical Errors; Studies Reported at the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 32nd Critical Care Congress

U.S. Newswire
January 30, 2003 Thursday
Education Program Reduces Medical Errors: Studies Reported at Society of Critical Care Medicine's 32nd Critical Care Congress

Chicago Tribune
January 29, 2003 Wednesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION
Gender bias seen in malpractice cases

PR Newswire
January 28, 2003, Tuesday
Texas Patient Safety Foundation Joins Malpractice Fight on Consumers' Side; New Web Site to Collect Information About Doctors and Hospitals Named In Lawsuits and Make It Available to the Public

Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
January 24, 2003 Friday, Home Final Edition
MEDICAL-ERROR STATISTICS INTERPRETED POORLY

The International Herald Tribune January 24, 2003 Friday LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; Medical malpractice SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

Newsday (New York)
January 24, 2003 Friday NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION
Bush Malpractice Plan Is Very Bad Medicine

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
January 24, 2003, Friday, Metro Edition
Victims of medical error testify on Capitol Hill; A Wisconsin woman whose breasts were needlessly removed is urging Congress to reject limits on jury awards.

Chicago Tribune
January 22, 2003 Wednesday, NORTH SPORTS FINAL EDITION
Medical malpractice at a discount; When the loss of happiness and fulfillment is worth practically nothing

Creative Loafing Atlanta
DATE1: January 22, 2003
DATE2: January 28, 2003
January 22, 2003 - January 28, 2003
Let's Reform Tarts, Not Torts

CNN
SHOW: CNN WOLF BLITZER REPORTS 17:00
January 20, 2003 Monday
Hussein Resting Easy Despite Military Buildup

CNN
SHOW: CNN CONNIE CHUNG TONIGHT 20:00
January 20, 2003 Monday
Nightmarish Medical Mix-Up; Murder by Mercedes or Accident?

St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
January 19, 2003 Sunday
Quack remedy to cap malpractice awards

The Asheville Citizen-Times
January 18, 2003 Saturday Final Edition
Physicians, insurers mislead public about medical malpractice 'crisis'
109 Copyright 2003 The Austin American Statesman Austin American-Statesman (Texas)
January 17, 2003, Friday
SECTION: News; Pg. A1
Critics: Insurance crisis symptoms don't fit cure They say statistics undercut legislators' belief that frivolous suits inflate doctors' premiums

Austin American-Statesman (Texas)
January 17, 2003, Friday
SECTION: News; Pg. A1
In malpractice crisis, a second opinion emerges Critics: Evidence undercuts politicians' belief that frivolous suits are behind rising premiums

Austin American-Statesman (Texas)
January 17, 2003, Friday
SECTION: News; Pg. A1
Critics: Insurance crisis symptoms don't fit cure They say statistics undercut legislators' belief that frivolous suits inflate doctors' premiums

Cox News Service
January 17, 2003 Friday
More than one cure for medical insurance crisis

MSNBC SHOW: THE ABRAMS REPORT 18:00
January 16, 2003 Thursday
THE ABRAMS REPORT For January 16, 2003

The Asheville Citizen-Times
January 15, 2003 Wednesday Final Edition
On malpractice 'crisis,' physicians, insurers playing a shell game

The Tennessean
January 14, 2003 Tuesday 1st Edition
HEALING WORDS

The Tennessean
January 14, 2003 Tuesday 1st Edition
Ignoring medical errors would be a big mistake

Ledger (Lakeland, Florida)
January 13, 2003, Monday
MEDICAL CRISIS MAY STIR REFORMS

Morning Star (Wilmington, NC)
January 13, 2003, Monday
Lawyers, Edwards on trial; Demands to cap malpractice costs put him in spotlight

Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)
January 13, 2003 Monday All Editions
Malpractice debate now a blame game

The Daily News of Los Angeles
January 12, 2003 Sunday, Valley Edition
HIGH COST OF LIVING; REFORMING NATION'S MALPRACTICE LAWS

The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA)
January 9, 2003 Thursday ROP Edition
Internet now aids in hospital choice; National group uses survey data for rating

The New York Times
January 6, 2003, Monday, Late Edition - Final
Doctors Belong in Hospitals, Not Courtrooms

AORN Journal
January 1, 2003
OR masks--safe practice or habit. ; operating room; Editorial

AORN Journal
January 1, 2003
Using aviation safety measures to enhance patient outcomes.

Consumers' Research Magazine
January 1, 2003
The consumers' observation post.

Nursing Education Perspectives
January 1, 2003
Reframing nursing education to renew the profession: the keynote address from the NLN Education Summit 2002..

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