Becker's Healthcare June 26, 2023
Hospital culture can prevent unnecessary medical errors, yet most hospitals are slow to adopt a framework that prevents adverse events, Christine Schuster, RN, president and CEO of Concord, Mass.-based Emerson Health, wrote in an opinion piece published June 25 on MedPage Today.
“I have been a hospital CEO for the last 29 years, and before that I was a nurse on the front lines of care. In that time, I’ve learned an important truth: organizational culture can prevent unnecessary medical errors,” Ms. Schuster wrote. “Many hospitals continue to rely on troubleshooting as they work. These hospitals and health systems, in adopting a reactive problem-solving methodology, run the risk of inviting unfortunate consequences. These range from lower-quality healthcare delivery and unfavorable...
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