Becker's Healthcare May 19, 2017
While the patient safety movement has made great strides since the late 1990s, the healthcare industry has veered off the path in a few ways during the journey, according to Don Berwick, MD.
Dr. Berwick, the former CMS administrator and current senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, spoke to a crowd at the 19th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Congress Thursday. During the speech he highlighted some missteps in the approach that the patient safety community has taken throughout its improvement journey.
Five of those mistakes are highlighted below.
- Money has become more important than safety. Dr. Berwick noted most hospital board members and executives are increasingly concerned about cost reduction and staying in the...
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