Lessons from health care leaders: rethinking and reinvesting in patient safety.

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Lessons from health care leaders: rethinking and reinvesting in patient safety.

April 19, 2023

NEJM Catalyst. April 3, 2023.

Progress in patient safety has been frustratingly slow. This commentary shares thoughts from a variety of experts in response to a 2023 analysis of adverse events in hospitalized patients that showed a persistent level of presence in United States health care. The contributions consider factors causing that stagnation and recommend actions to reinvigorate movement forward.

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