Patient safety coalition provides reporting principles to IOM
January 1st 2001The American Medical Association, more than 90 national provider and health organizations, and national, state and medical specialty associations encouraged the Institute of Medicine to support constructive learning and shared experience in the development of a properly constructed healthcare error reporting system.
Pharma companies make Working Mother best list
November 1st 2000American Home Products Corp., Madison, NJ; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York; Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis; Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC; Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ; Merck & Co. Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., East Hanover, NJ; Pfizer Inc., New York; Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati; Schering-Plough Corp., Madison, NJ; SmithKline Beecham, Philadelphia; and Warner Lambert Co., Morris Plains, NJ were all named to Working Mother magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers." Companies were rated on a scale of one to five (with five being the highest) in the following categories: childcare, flexibility, leave for new parents, work/life benefits and advancement of women. The list appeared in the October issue of the magazine.