FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 343:663-665 August 31, 2000 Number 9 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited Related Article by Brennan, T. A. PubMed Citation

To the Editor: Brennan (April 13 issue)¹ misrepresents several of the important messages of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report entitled "To Err is Human."² He implies that the studies used by the IOM exaggerated the extent of preventable medical injuries because "neither study . . . involved judgments by the physicians reviewing medical records about whether the injuries were caused by errors." This is not so. In the same issue of the Journal that contained the report of the results of the 1984 Harvard Medical Practice Study³ is a companion paper on the nature of adverse events in hospitalized . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Singh, R., Singh, A., Taylor, J. S., Rosenthal, T., Singh, S., Singh, G. (2006). Building Learning Practices with Self-Empowered Teams for Improving Patient Safety. Journal of Health Management 8: 91-118 [Abstract]  
• Herrera-Kiengelher, L., Chi-Lem, G., Baez-Saldana, R., Torre-Bouscoulet, L., Regalado-Pineda, J., Lopez-Cervantes, M., Perez-Padilla, R. (2005). Frequency and Correlates of Adverse Events in a Respiratory Diseases Hospital in Mexico City. Chest 128: 3900-3905 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Pladevall, M., Williams, L. K., Potts, L. A., Divine, G., Xi, H., Elston Lafata, J. (2004). Clinical Outcomes and Adherence to Medications Measured by Claims Data in Patients With Diabetes. Diabetes Care 27: 2800-2805 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Clement, S., Braithwaite, S. S., Magee, M. F., Ahmann, A., Smith, E. P., Schafer, R. G., Hirsch, I. B. (2004). Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in Hospitals. Diabetes Care 27: 553-591 [Full Text]  
• Kloth, D. D. (2002). Prevention of Chemotherapy Medication Errors. Journal of Pharmacy Practice 15: 17-31 [Abstract]  
• Hawkins, J. L., Birnbach, D. J. (2001). Maternal Mortality in the United States: Where Are We Going and How Will We Get There?. Anesth. Analg. 93: 1-3 [Full Text]