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February 21, 2003 - The House Energy and Commerce
Committee Feb. 12 unanimously passed the "Patient Safety
and Quality Improvement Act" (H.R.
663), which would create a voluntary and confidential
medical errors reporting system. The medical errors information
would be stored in a national database for use in patient
safety and quality improvement research. The Committee passed
similar legislation last year, but could not achieve a legislative
compromise with the Ways and Means Committee, which had also
passed a patient safety bill.
Information:
Christiane Mitchell, Senior Legislative Affairs Manager
AAMC Government Relations
cmitchell@aamc.org
(202) 828-0526
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