Pronovost Lauds Patient Reporting of Adverse Events via FDA Site

Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 24, 2013  |  The FDA apparently isn’t satisfied that doctors and hospitals are reporting all they know about drug errors and harm from medical devices. A top physician and safety advocate says enabling patients to report events is a welcome “paradigm shift.”  When patient safety rock star Peter Pronovost, MD, learned that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now urging patients to report drug and medical device adverse events directly to the agency, bypassing hospitals and doctors, he got so excited he rushed to create a podcast.  Read more