11.   Patient safety is jeopardized now less by the recklessness of individual doctors or nurses than by the way clinics, hospitals and pharmacies operate, according to the report.

12.   Proponents say hand-held computers can vastly improve patient safety by reducing mistakes that are blamed for thousands of deaths each year.

13.   Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said Congress must find legislative remedies to improve patient safety and confidence in clinical trials.

14.   Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has called a hearing for next week to examine whether there is sufficient oversight for patient safety in gene therapy experiments.

15.   The authors, in their report, argued that only through mandatory reporting of medical mistakes could the present medical system improve patient safety.

16.   The center would also organize research on patient safety and distribute information on systems that best prevent mistakes.

17.   The department has also been widely praised for groundbreaking measures to improve patient safety.

18.   The new federal center would also set national safety goals, track progress in meeting them and be an objective source of the latest information on patient safety.

19.   The new standards address concerns about patient safety and consistency of care that were articulated last week by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science.

20.   The patient safety program of the Department of Veterans Affairs is often described as a model for the nation.