Patient safety movement: history and future directions.
Lark ME, Kirkpatrick K, Chung KC. Patient Safety Movement: History and Future Directions. J Hand Surg Am. 2018;43(2). doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.11.006.
The patient safety movement continues to achieve successes, despite persistent and new challenges. This review explores the trajectory of the work and emphasizes the importance of a systems approach for improvement efforts. The authors highlight crew resource management as a key strategy to develop skills required to sustain safety both across the health care system and in surgical specialties.