Conference looks at ways to reduce medical errors, boost openness (Billings Gazette)

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LARAMIE - About one in 10 hospitalized patients experience a medical error, estimates Dennis O'Leary , former president of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations .

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