HealthcarePapers
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Baker and Norton offer an analysis for tackling medical error that, while not wrong, is very traditional in the policy solutions it recommends. The research priority should not be better measurement of error, but instead increased international cooperation to find solutions to existing problems. ⋯ Changing the culture of medicine is difficult. A model of governance that emphasizes quality and accountability may be a mechanism for developing a culture within medicine that reduces error and improves patient safety.
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The paper by Rosser and Kasperski represents the positions of the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Their rostering proposal has been taken up by the Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association. My comments will be largely on the ideas as seen in the light of their planned implementation.