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Joseph Conn

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PubMed2005

It's one step toward quality. Many hurdles remain to establishing new patient-safety groups, which will use confidential provider data on medical errors.

The new Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, passed late last month, would provide incentives for healthcare providers to report medical errors. While the idea behind the new bill is universally popular--to reduce errors and increase quality of care--some members of the industry, such as physician Steve McDermott, left, say that implementing a national reporting system will be harder than it sounds.

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PubMed2005

Reigniting the charge for IT. Leavitt will spearhead federal effort to develop national healthcare IT network, but question remains: who will pay?

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, left, confronted the IT challenge last week by announcing he will oversee efforts to establish a nationwide healthcare IT system. "I believe we have to transform healthcare just as the railroads transformed transportation in America," Leavitt said, when announcing his plans at a HIMSS meeting. His new advisory committee, the American Health Information Community, will help set standards.

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