Another major player in medical policy has weighed in with a detailed report on patient safety.

Though the recently concluded California legislative session did not produce any MICRA-related bills, two pieces of legislation did address physician use of the state’s prescription drug database – a subject of sharp debate during last year’s battle over Proposition 46.

Legislative bills die in Sacramento for a number of reasons, but a bill’s failure does not mean an end to the ideas behind it.

As part of its ongoing “Care Quality Initiative,” the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued a new report, this time focusing on diagnostic errors.