Medical Errors

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions resumed hearings to examine the incidence of medical errors, focusing on understanding a… read more

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions resumed hearings to examine the incidence of medical errors, focusing on understanding adverse drug events, receiving testimony from Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Janet Heinrich, Associate Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Michael R. Cohen, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania; Richard Platt, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare; and Eleanor M. Vogt, National Patient Safety Foundation, and Raymond L. Woosley, Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Pharmacology, both of Washington, D.C. Witnesses testified about adverse drug effects, and a General Accounting Office report on efforts to ensure the safety of prescription drugs. close

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155107-1
Category:
Senate Committee
Format:
Senate Committee
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Feb 02, 2000 | 3:55am EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Feb 06, 2000 | 3:16am EST | C-SPAN 1

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  • Feb 02, 2000 | 3:55am EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Feb 04, 2000 | 5:15pm EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Feb 04, 2000 | 11:25pm EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Feb 06, 2000 | 3:16am EST | C-SPAN 1
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