Hospitals, California Agencies Step Up Error Prevention
The California Department of Public Health plans to use part of the money hospitals have paid as fines for preventable medical errors on research and prevention efforts for foreign objects left in patients during surgeries, a state official said. The state has been fining hospitals under a 2007 state law, but hospitals have challenged some citations, asserting that other factors were at play.
- "California Health Agency Works With Hospitals To Reduce Errors" (Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times, 3/16).