Gawande proposes that we can reduce these kinds of errors through the use of checklists and to-do lists.

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Typically with an intervention of any kind, and this can include a government regulation, both kinds of errors should be minimized.

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Equipped with a bar-code reader to scan New York registration stickers and synchronized with an atomic clock in Colorado, the devices make it almost impossible for an agent to make the kinds of errors Bolofsky depends on for appeals.

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The FDA will take new steps to track exactly what kinds of mistakes happen and will commission new studies to get a clear picture of which drugs are most involved in errors.

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