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Identifying, understanding and overcoming barriers to medication error reporting in hospitals: a focus group study.
Hartnell N, MacKinnon N, Sketris I, Fleming M. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:361-368.

Underutilization of voluntary error reporting systems can result in a skewed picture of patient safety. This focus group study explored reasons why pharmacists, nurses, and physicians do not voluntarily report medication errors and identified specific barriers to error reporting.
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