Although all clinicians have taken an oath to “do no harm,” preventable harm is inflicted on patients every day in healthcare settings, even if unintentional.
For decades, valiant efforts have been made to improve patient and employee safety. Some health care providers have made great strides. Some of these came to the forefront a few weeks ago when ECRI joined healthcare leaders from across the country to lead a conversation at the conference. White House Medical Security Forum. ECRI is proud to moderate a panel It introduced some of the proven interventions and principles that form the basis of highly successful safety initiatives. These successes provide valuable lessons that can be scaled up for broader impact across the healthcare industry.
Despite continued efforts, the stark fact remains that no meaningful progress has been made in promoting health safety on a national scale. Decades after the watershed It is human to make mistakes A report published in 1999 found that preventable harms continue to occur at alarming rates. When researchers reviewed the 1999 study last year, they found that nearly one in four hospitalized patients had an adverse event, and about a quarter of the adverse events were preventable.
