Background All humans are fallible. Because physicians are human, unintentional errors
unfortunately occur. While unintentional medical errors have an impact on patients and their …

Background Patient complaints have been identified as a valuable resource for monitoring
and improving patient safety. This article critically reviews the literature on patient …

Attempts to learn from high-risk industries such as aviation and nuclear power have been a
prominent feature of the patient safety movement since the late 1990s. One noteworthy …

Cybersecurity has gained prominence, with a number of widely publicised security incidents,
hacking attacks and data breaches reaching the news over the last few years. The …

A just culture is a culture of trust, learning and accountability. It is particularly important when
an incident has occurred; when something has gone wrong. How do you respond to the …

Complexity theory suggests that we see performance as an emergent property, the result of
complex interactions and relationships. This can clash, however, with what stakeholders see …

Large national reviews of patient charts estimate that approximately 10% of hospital
admissions are associated with an adverse event (defined as an injury resulting in …

December 1, 2009, marks the tenth anniversary of the Institute of Medicine report on medical
errors, To Err Is Human, which arguably launched the modern patient-safety movement …

Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on
the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that …

With coverage ranging from the influence of professional identity in medicine and
problematic nature of" human error," to the psychological and social features that …