Medication safety Part 2

Abstract

The federal government has been setting up new programs to prevent errors since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System” was published in 1999. 1 Kohn LT Corrigan JM Donaldson M To err is human: building a safer health system. National Academy Press, Washington, DC1999 Google Scholar The Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force was formed in 2000 and developed an action plan for reducing medical errors. 2 Meadows M Strategies to reduce medication errors. FDA Consumer. May-June 2003; (Accessed March 2, 2006.)Available at: www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/303_meds.html Google Scholar In 2001, the Department of Health and Human Services formed a patient safety task force to coordinate a joint effort to improve data collection on patient safety. The lead agencies were the Food and Drug Agency (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).