PRINTER'S NO. 988
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
139
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, KORTZ, HENNESSEY, BIZZARRO, SCHLOSSBERG,
HILL-EVANS, DONATUCCI, BURNS, RYAN, COMITTA, DiGIROLAMO,
LONGIETTI, CALTAGIRONE, NEILSON, READSHAW, B. MILLER,
MILLARD, RAPP, MURT, FREEMAN, McCLINTON, CIRESI, MARKOSEK,
MULLINS, SCHLEGEL CULVER, YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAMS, ROEBUCK,
KINSEY, FITZGERALD, DELLOSO, PASHINSKI, SCHWEYER, KIM, DeLUCA
AND ROZZI, MARCH 19, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 19, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2019 as "Patient Safety Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, An education and awareness-building campaign for
improving patient safety is conducted in March of each year by
health care organizations and communities worldwide; and
WHEREAS, Patient safety is the freedom from accidental injury
due to medical care or medical errors and is vital to high-
quality medical care; and
WHEREAS, The landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine study, "To
Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System," helped launch the
patient safety movement by reporting that medical errors lead to
the deaths of as many as 98,000 people each year and that
medical errors relating to hospitalization cost between $17
billion and $29 billion annually; and
WHEREAS, The nation has made important progress in advancing
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