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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Given the prevailing mood in Congress--which seems to be allergic to anything that expands the size and power of government--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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctors' Deadly Mistakes | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

The report also proposes a series of solutions, including a new federal Center for Patient Safety that would set error-reduction standards for hospital procedures and medical equipment, as well as a mandatory reporting system that would require hospitals to fess up to what they like to call "adverse events...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctors' Deadly Mistakes | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

It took Haas 3 1/2 weeks to discover what killed the boy, and at that point she went to see Ben's parents and the attorney they had retained. "I told them we had saved the syringes," she says, "and had them tested, and that we accepted full responsibility for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctors' Deadly Mistakes | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

In other words, Posner may be the perfect mediator: someone each side is a little afraid of. What happens next? Posner will probably meet with the parties together and separately to hunt for common ground. (One question: Will Posner and Bill Gates be sitting down for a chat?) Count on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the Mediator | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

We now remember what we want to remember about Pete Rose: the player called Charlie Hustle running out walks, hurling himself head first to take an extra base, and breaking the most venerable record in baseball--Ty Cobb's 4,191 hits. Those memories are vivid, etched into our baseball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thorn in Pete Rose | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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