Resilience is the process of identifying and overcoming unexpected adverse events. By reviewing video, audio, and patient physiologic data recorded during 24 laparoscopic surgeries, researchers were able to identify safety threats and resilience supports used to overcome them. Of the six category codes, (person, task, tools and technology, physical environment, organization, and external environment) most safety threats and supports were in the person category.

This assessment of stressors and workload among radiation oncology providers highlighted the importance of interruptions, technical issues (e.g., software malfunctions), and teamwork failures as key contributing factors.

This study discovered that the incidence of self-reported harmful adverse events was 4.2%, with medication errors and misdiagnosis the most common types. The authors advocate for public health campaigns that emphasize the importance of a systems approach to improving patient safety.

This case report describes how diagnostic and medication errors led to a temporary coma. The article features the views of both the patient and her husband, and an accompanying editorial discusses disclosing errors to patients.