MedCity News July 21, 2025
Patient safety has lost its place on the priority list. Without strong, sustained attention from those at the top, safety efforts rarely take root.
It’s been 25 years since the Institute of Medicine’s To Err Is Human report exposed the alarming toll of medical errors in the United States. That moment finally pushed quality and safety into national conversation. The response was swift. Entire organizations were formed to tackle the problem. For many of us in healthcare leadership, patient safety became our professional North Star.
Yet here we are, a quarter-century later, and we’re still falling short.
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, claiming over 250,000 lives annually. Despite all the awareness,...
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