title: Medical errors: five years after the IOM report.
abstract: Five years after publication of the Institute for Medicine's landmark 1999 report,To Err Is Human, notable advances have been made. They include the development of performance standards, an increase in error reporting, integration of information technology, and improved safety systems. But the IOM notes that efforts are still needed to improve safety and reduce errors, including development of data standards for patient safety information, establishment of a national health information infrastructure, and comprehensive patient safety programs in health care organizations.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bleich
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D016365:Liability, Legal; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008509:Medication Systems; D008887:Military Medicine; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D017149:Private Sector; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs