Reporting of Adverse Events
Published in: The New England Journal of Medicine, v. 347, no. 20, Nov. 14, 2002, p. 1633-1638
Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2002
This article examines the role of reporting in efforts to improve safety, assess the evidence that current reporting systems improve safety, review the characteristics of successful systems, and explore options for developing new reporting systems.
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