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Legal Issues in Quality of Care Oversight in the United States: Recent Developments

Legal Issues in Quality of Care Oversight in the United States: Recent Developments European Journal of Health Law 10 : 11-25, 2003. 11 © 2003 Kluwer Law International. Printed in the Netherlands Legal Issues in Quality of Care Oversight in the United States: Recent Developments T.S. JOST 1 The issues of medical error, patient safety, and quality of medical care have since the beginning of this decade been unusually high on the health policy agenda of the United States. In 2000, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Aca- demy of Sciences (a prestigious federally-chartered society of eminent scholars that conducts studies to advise the federal government on issues of health care and policy) issued its much publicized report, To Err is Human . 2 This report reached the shocking conclusion that iatrogenic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, resulting in 44,000 to 98,000 deaths annually, more than are caused by motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer or AIDS. 3 National costs of preventable medical errors, including lost income, lost household production, disability and health costs were estimated to be between USD 17 and 29 billion. 4 A follow on report by the same committee, Crossing the Quality Chasm , concluded that fundamental change was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Health Law Brill

Legal Issues in Quality of Care Oversight in the United States: Recent Developments

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European Journal of Health Law , Volume 10 (1): 11 – Jan 1, 2003
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Brill
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0929-0273
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10.1163/157180903100384640
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European Journal of Health Law 10 : 11-25, 2003. 11 © 2003 Kluwer Law International. Printed in the Netherlands Legal Issues in Quality of Care Oversight in the United States: Recent Developments T.S. JOST 1 The issues of medical error, patient safety, and quality of medical care have since the beginning of this decade been unusually high on the health policy agenda of the United States. In 2000, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Aca- demy of Sciences (a prestigious federally-chartered society of eminent scholars that conducts studies to advise the federal government on issues of health care and policy) issued its much publicized report, To Err is Human . 2 This report reached the shocking conclusion that iatrogenic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, resulting in 44,000 to 98,000 deaths annually, more than are caused by motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer or AIDS. 3 National costs of preventable medical errors, including lost income, lost household production, disability and health costs were estimated to be between USD 17 and 29 billion. 4 A follow on report by the same committee, Crossing the Quality Chasm , concluded that fundamental change was

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