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...Berwick is not the first Harvard faculty member to study medical mistakes. Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers in 1995 found dangerous prescription errors at a Boston-area hospital, and helped design a computer system to alleviate the problem...
Researchers have long been aware of the magnitude of the problem presented by medical errors, he said, but the IOM study hurtled the issue into the public...
...There was an immediate public reaction," Berwick said. "It was covered on network TV, and on the front page of all major newspapers...
...Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center will fuse the cancer research efforts of seven Harvard-affiliated institutions: the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and four Harvard-affiliated hospitals...
...That is expensive to do, that is not done by community hospitals and that is what is under threat of disappearing because of [funding] cuts," said Jane H. Corlette, associate vice president for government, community and public affairs...