Consumers should check bank statements regularly and report errors to the bank immediately.
But if the information is used to browbeat providers who report errors, they won't report.
We do not mean to suggest that a bureau or lender would deliberately report errors.
A separate bill that would have required office-based surgical centers to report errors died on the Senate floor.
"If you're not careful here, legislation could have a chilling effect on people's willingness and ability to report errors".
Doctors should be pushed to report errors quickly and honestly so that corrective action can be taken.
And voters report errors like vote flipping, in which the vote they cast for one candidate is recorded for another.
The senators are considering a proposal that would require hospitals to report errors as a condition of participating in Medicare and Medicaid.
REPORT errors in writing to the credit bureau and to the company that provided the information and tell them you are disputing the record.
Unfortunately, that means that customers end up doing much of the quality-assurance work as they track down and report errors, install security patches and buy upgrades.
Not only does the smartphone give the system faster feedback, but it increases the likelihood that more people will report errors.
