Examines critical health care issues facing America today, including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and features profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way health care is provided in the United States.

"A comprehensive look at the colorful history of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It tells the complete story of the oldest consumer protection agency in the United States...Illustrated with original images and never-before-seen-footage, the story is told by those who know the agency best -- investigators, historians, authors and employees at all levels of the organization"--Container.