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National Summit on Medical Errors and Patient Safety Research
Additional Statement, Submitted by John E. Tomaszewski, et al. The first National Summit on Medical Errors and Patient Safety Research was held on September 11, 2000, in Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC), the Summit’s goal was to review the information needs of individuals involved in reducing medical errors and improving patient safety. More importantly, the summit set a coordinated and usable research agenda for the future to answer these identified needs. Selected applicants testified at the summit as members of the witness panels. The remainder of the applicants were invited to submit written comments for consideration by the steering committee. One of these statements follows. Disclaimer and Copyright Statements The following paper was submitted: Tomaszewski J.E., Bear H.D., Connally J.A. Consensus conference on second opinions in diagnostic anatomic pathology: Who, what, and when. Am J Clin Pathol 2000;114:329-35. Current as of September 2000 Internet Citation: Tomaszewski J.E., et al. Additional Statement. National Summit on Medical Errors and Patient Safety Research. September 2000. http://www.quic.gov/summit/atomasz.htm Return to Additional Statement Directory |