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July 20, 2006
Running Time: 01:00:07
Medication errors injure at least 1.5 million people every year and result in billions of dollars in extra medical costs, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report recommends improved communications between health care providers and patients, nationwide use of electronic prescribing systems, and efforts to address problems associated with drug naming and labeling, among other steps to reduce drug-related mistakes.
Speakers:
J. Lyle Bootman, Ph.D., Sc.D., (co-chair) Dean and Professor University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, and Founding and Executive Director University of Arizona Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research Tucson
Linda R. Cronenwett, R.N., Ph.D. (co-chair) Professor and Dean School of Nursing University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
David W. Bates, M.D., M.Sc. Chief Division of General Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis Partners Healthcare System; and Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston
Robert M. Califf, M.D. Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research; Director Duke Clinical Research Institute; and Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, N.C.
H. Eric Cannon, Pharm.D. Director of Pharmacy Services and Health and Wellness IHC Health Plans Intermountain Health Care Salt Lake City
Rebecca W. Chater, M.P.H. Director of Clinical Services Kerr Drug Inc. Asheville, N.C.
Michael R. Cohen, Sc.D. President Institute for Safe Medication Practices Huntington Valley, Pa.
James B. Conway, M.S. Senior Fellow Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and Senior Consultant Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston
R. Scott Evans, Ph.D. Senior Medical Informaticist Department of Medical Informatics LDS Hospital and Intermountain Health Care, and Professor Department of Medical Informatics University of Utah Salt Lake City
Elizabeth A. Flynn, Ph.D., R.Ph. Associate Research Professor Department of Pharmacy Care Systems Harrison School of Pharmacy Auburn University Auburn, Ala.
Jerry H. Gurwitz, M.D. Chief Division of Geriatric Medicine; Dr. John Meyers Professor of Primary Care Medicine; and Executive Director Meyers Primary Care Institute University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester
Charles B. Inlander President People’s Medical Society Allentown, Pa.
Kevin B. Johnson, M.D., M.S. Associate Professor and Vice Chair Department of Biomedical Informatics, and Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Vanderbilt University Medical School Nashville, Tenn.
Wilson D. Pace, M.D. Professor of Family Medicine and Green-Edelman Chair for Practice-based Research University of Colorado, and Director National Research Network American Academy of Family Physicians Aurora, Colo.
Kathleen R. Stevens, Ed.D., R.N. Professor and Director Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Edward Westrick, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President of Medical Management University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care Worcester
Albert W. Wu, M.D. Professor of Health Policy and Management and Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore
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Philip Aspden, Ph.D. Study Director
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