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Committee on Ways and Means For Immediate Release The Current Rate of Medical Errors is Unacceptable in a Modern Health Care System Ways and Means Examines Ways to Reduce Rate WASHINGTON- While the medical community has undergone great strides in improved patient health care; patient safety is too often jeopardized due to medical error. Often a medical error is not the result of incompetence, but of flawed systems that reinforce procedural mistakes. Health care providers go to work to help patients, not harm them. But flawed systems often enhance circumstances under which medical errors are likely to occur. As a result, health care providers should focus on systemic improvements to improve patient care and safety. The Subcommittee on Health will discuss ways in which medical errors can be effectively reduced to ensure patient safety. In announcing the hearing, Chairwoman Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT) stated, “We must take the opportunity presented by advances in patient care and technology to protect Americans from harmful errors and improve the quality of their care. There should be very little disagreement on such a goal, so a bipartisan approach is possible. This is an area where we can revolutionize health care.”
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