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Five years after To Err Is Human: What have we learned?
Leape LL, Berwick DM. Five years after To Err Is Human: What have we learned? Journal of the American Medical Association. 2005 May 18;293(19):2384-2390.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) called for a national effort to make health care safe in its landmark 1999 report, To Err Is Human. The authors assert that, while progress is underway, improvement of the magnitude and pace envisioned by the IOM requires a level of national focus and commitment still lacking.

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