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STRATEGY #3Create a national group ofexperts in the areas of LaboratoryMedicine to provide the narrativeinterpretations (A “Supreme Court”)and link the experts to the physiciansrequesting advice and theirpathologists through a web-basedInternet service
VIEWS OF PRACTICING PHYSICIANSAND THE PUBLIC ON MEDICAL ERRORS• Parallel national surveys of 831 practicingphysicians, who responded to mailedquestionnaires, and 1207 members of thepublic, who were interviewed by telephoneafter selection with the use of random-digitdialing.• Respondents asked about the causes of andsolutions to the problem of preventablemedical errors.N Engl J Med 2002; 347:1933-40
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