Despite concerted effort to improve quality and safety, high reliability remains a distant goal.
Although this likely reflects the challenge of organizational change, persistent controversy …

Article-at-a-Glance Background For two decades health care workers have been struggling,
with varying degrees of success, to use the principles of continuous quality improvement …

Leadership has emerged as a key theme in the rapidly growing movement to improve
patient safety. Leading an organization that is committed to providing safer care requires …

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Abstract The publication of To Err Is Human has highlighted concern for patient safety.
Attention to date has focused primarily on micro issues such as minimizing medication errors …

This article shares the experiences of a new institute for patient safety and quality in Asia in
building an organization culture of patient safety. Since its launch in June 2017, the …

Despite the growing acknowledgment of the necessity for patient safety initiatives to address
medical errors, the role of managed care organizations (MCOs) in these programs has only …

Introduction: Despite an explosion of interest in improving safety and reducing error in health
care, one important aspect of patient safety that has received little attention is a systematic …

Despite decades of effort to improve quality and safety in health care, this goal feels
increasingly elusive. Successful examples of improvement are infrequently replicated. This …

This chapter is focused on reviewing attempts to address patient safety and quality issues
through the lens of the organizational factors—collective social processes and practices …