HIM's Role in Monitoring Patient Safety
Two years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published “To Err Is Human,” describing the enormous burden of medical errors in the United States.1 It was estimated that deaths due to medical errors exceeded deaths from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDS and that the cos....
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