Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: What the Pediatric Trainee Needs to Know

Patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare has been a principle focus for more than a decade. Deaths attributable to medical errors have been estimated to be the third leading cause of mortality in the United States. As such, the healthcare industry has avidly pursued means to reduce errors by studying models of high reliability used in in the nuclear power and aviation industries. Pediatric studies have also shown the importance of patient safety events, and their contributory role to deaths and increased hospital charges and length of stay.

Source: Progress in Pediatric Cardiology - January 24, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Rudolph P. Valentini Source Type: research