High-profile Boston hospital Massachusetts General made the news recently when a surprise Joint Commission inspection turned up numerous problems, including patient monitoring issues, lax medication procedures, hand-washing gaps and more. The news has spawned some soul searching at MGH and other hospitals over how such problems should be reported to the public. Editorial [1]
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[1] http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/03/20/improvement_time_at_mgh/