Assignment task: Please discuss how medical errors are or should be reported. Be sure to include any of the following information and be specific,
Q1. What kind of standardized national reporting of medical errors should be established? Should it be voluntary or mandatory? Should it be confidential or publicly reported? In which cases?
Q2. What agency should be designated to receive error reports? What authority should the agency have to act on reports?
Q3. What kind of reporting may or should be required for "near miss" events? What protections should be provided to reporters of errors and near misses? What effect should this new reporting system have on existing state reporting systems?