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Remaking American Medicine.
Public Broadcasting Service. Thursdays, October 5–26, 2006, 10:00–11:00 PM (Eastern).

This four-part television documentary looks at factors that reduce the effectiveness of the US health care system—human and systems error, hospital-acquired infection, chronic disease pervasiveness, and lack of patient involvement—and shares stories of success in making improvements.

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