title: It's one step toward quality. Many hurdles remain to establishing new patient-safety groups, which will use confidential provider data on medical errors.
abstract: The new Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, passed late last month, would provide incentives for healthcare providers to report medical errors. While the idea behind the new bill is universally popular--to reduce errors and increase quality of care--some members of the industry, such as physician Steve McDermott, left, say that implementing a national reporting system will be harder than it sounds.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Conn
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D030881:Disclosure; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D009042:Motivation; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States; D035141:Voluntary Programs