Hospital Medication Errors Commonplace.

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Hospital Medication Errors Commonplace.

August 23, 2006

Berwick D; Lassman S; Bates D. National Public Radio. July 28, 2006.

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This segment features Donald Berwick, David Bates, and other experts discussing the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Preventing Medication Errors and how problems highlighted in the report can be fixed.

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