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Author: United States. Congress Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781985243910 Category : Languages : en Pages : 92
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Making America safer : examining the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, July 30, 2004.
Author: United States. Congress Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781985243910 Category : Languages : en Pages : 92
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Making America safer : examining the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, July 30, 2004.
Author: Susan M. Collins Publisher: ISBN: 9780756747466 Category : Languages : en Pages : 87
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Witnesses: Thomas H. Kean, Chmn., Nat. Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.; & Lee H. Hamilton, V. Chmn., Nat. Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S. Appendix: Memorandum submitted by Senator Arlen Specter; Democratic Nat. Campaign Matter submitted by Sen. Specter; & Questions & Responses for Mr. Kean & Mr. Hamilton from Senators Susan M. Collins, Daniel K. Akaka, Richard J. Durbin, Frank Lautenberg, Robert F. Bennett, & Richard C. Shelby.
Author: United States Senate Publisher: ISBN: 9781675766408 Category : Languages : en Pages : 92
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Making America safer: examining the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, July 30, 2004.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309068371 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 312
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Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, or AIDSâ€"three causes that receive far more public attention. Indeed, more people die annually from medication errors than from workplace injuries. Add the financial cost to the human tragedy, and medical error easily rises to the top ranks of urgent, widespread public problems. To Err Is Human breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequenceâ€"but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agendaâ€"with state and local implicationsâ€"for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system. This volume reveals the often startling statistics of medical error and the disparity between the incidence of error and public perception of it, given many patients' expectations that the medical profession always performs perfectly. A careful examination is made of how the surrounding forces of legislation, regulation, and market activity influence the quality of care provided by health care organizations and then looks at their handling of medical mistakes. Using a detailed case study, the book reviews the current understanding of why these mistakes happen. A key theme is that legitimate liability concerns discourage reporting of errorsâ€"which begs the question, "How can we learn from our mistakes?" Balancing regulatory versus market-based initiatives and public versus private efforts, the Institute of Medicine presents wide-ranging recommendations for improving patient safety, in the areas of leadership, improved data collection and analysis, and development of effective systems at the level of direct patient care. To Err Is Human asserts that the problem is not bad people in health careâ€"it is that good people are working in bad systems that need to be made safer. Comprehensive and straightforward, this book offers a clear prescription for raising the level of patient safety in American health care. It also explains how patients themselves can influence the quality of care that they receive once they check into the hospital. This book will be vitally important to federal, state, and local health policy makers and regulators, health professional licensing officials, hospital administrators, medical educators and students, health caregivers, health journalists, patient advocatesâ€"as well as patients themselves. First in a series of publications from the Quality of Health Care in America, a project initiated by the Institute of Medicine
Author: Angie Schmitt Publisher: Island Press ISBN: 1642830836 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 247
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The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 people killed while walking in America in 2018. In the last ten years, there has been a 50 percent increase in pedestrian deaths. The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Disproportionately the victims are like Duarte-Rodriguez—immigrants, the poor, and people of color. They have largely been blamed and forgotten. In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows us that deaths like Duarte-Rodriguez’s are not unavoidable “accidents.” They don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public-health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the possible causes of the increase in pedestrian deaths as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Her investigation unveils why pedestrians are dying—and she demands action. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Ultimately, Schmitt argues that we need improvements in infrastructure and changes to policy to save lives. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 76
Author: United States. Congress
Author: United States. Congress
Author: Susan M. Collins
Author: United States Senate
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Author: Institute of Medicine
Author: James Jay Carafano
Author: Angie Schmitt
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs