Five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) called for a national effort to make health care
safe. Although progress since then has been slow, the IOM report truly “changed the …

To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System propelled a wave of activity. Health care
professionals, professional societies, large employer groups, patient advocacy …

The Institute of Medicine's To Err Is Human, published in 1999, represented a watershed
moment for the US health care system. The report dramatically raised the profile of patient …

TTHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (IOM) REPORT TO ERR IS Human: Building a Safer Health
System1 called for voluntary and mandatory reporting systems to identify and learn from …

More than five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued its pathbreaking report, To
Err Is Human, and fundamentally changed the debate about health care quality in the United …

That is not to say there has not been progress. Before To Err Is Human was published,
physicians and hospitals largely enjoyed an illusion of infallibility, and questioning the …

We answered by describing the myriad safety programs in hospitals. She abruptly cut us off.
King was not interested in what we were doing. She wanted evidence that Josie and other …

Now, 7 years after the release of To Err is Human, extensive efforts have been reported in
journals, technical reports, and safety-oriented conferences. That literature described the …

THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (IOM) REPORT TO ERR IS HU-man1 converted an issue of
growing professional awareness to one of substantial public concern in a manner and pace …

PATIENT SAFETY HAS BEEN A PRIORITY IN HEALTH CARE since Hippocrates
admonished physicians to “first do no harm.” Even so, the Institute of Medicine found in 2000 …