To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System
To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System
Institute of Medicine · first published 2000 · ISBN 9780309132794
This landmark report found that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors in hospitals. The committee shows that most errors are not individual failures but system failures. Poor handoffs, inadequate information flow, missing communication, and lack of feedback loops create the conditions where errors happen. The report launched the modern patient safety movement.
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