4 Actions to Reduce Medical Errors in U.S. Hospitals
by John S. Toussaint, Kenneth T. Segel April 20, 2022
Summary.
Huge numbers of patients are harmed in U.S. hospital by safety errors. Their numbers could be greatly reduced by taking four actions: Make patient safety a top priority in hospitals’ practices and cultures, establish a National Patient Safety Board, create a national patient and staff reporting mechanism, and turn on EHRs machine learning systems that can alert staff to risky conditions
1. Make patient and staff safety a top priority.
2. Establish a national safety organization.
3. Create a national reporting mechanism.
4. Turn on EHR’s machine-learning systems.
