Word: problem
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...creating a new agency might be tough. But the Institute of Medicine has powerful logic on its side. Air travel in the U.S. is extraordinarily safe, thanks largely to the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA. They try to pinpoint the cause of every crash and, when a problem is identified, they may order the airlines to redesign equipment or improve training or adjust pilot schedules to reduce the chance of more accidents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has driven down death and injury in the workplace. When not investigating actual incidents, these agencies study what sorts...
...Memorial hospital's risk-management director Doni Haas had launched an investigation, sealing off the operating room and seizing the syringes, instruments and medications used in the procedure. She could do this without being obstructed, she says, because the hospital staff was focused on finding the cause of the problem and preventing such a thing from happening again...
...wake-up call," says Arthur Levin, director of the Center for Medical Consumers, based in New York City, and a member of the committee that wrote the new report. "The American health-care system has not put safety at the top of its agenda. Generally, they say this problem doesn't exist. But this is not an aberration. It's an all too common occurrence. And it is unconscionable to allow...
...suddenly talk of evidence seems fusty as Rose, who now claims he never had a gambling problem and who still regularly bets on horse racing, has succeeded in transforming his case into a sentimental cause, tapping into our national willingness to forgive errant public figures. Think of Bill Clinton, Marion Barry and even fellow baseballer Darryl Strawberry, who all admitted fault, showed contrition and were forgiven. The difference is Pete Rose wants back into baseball on his terms. This is one instance where his greatest traits, his drive, hustle and never-say-die determination, may be the very characteristics preventing...
...from him or her what condition the drug is supposed to treat, how to take it and what possible side effects you might expect. Then, as a check, ask those same questions of the pharmacist who fills the order. Most of the time there won't be a problem. But it never hurts to learn all you can about what you're putting in your body...