Email Print Order Reprint Share This Text tool name tool goes here By Robert Pear - New York Times By Robert Pear New York Times WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama’s administration wants consumers to report medical mistakes and unsafe practices by doctors, hospitals, pharmacists and others who provide treatment. Hospitals say they are receptive to the idea, despite concerns about malpractice liability and possible financial penalties for poor performance. In a flier drafted for the project, the government asks: “Have you recently experienced a medical mistake? Do you have concerns about the safety of your health care?†And it urges patients to contact a new “consumer reporting...
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