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Journal Article > Commentary
Patient safety: disclosure of medical errors and risk mitigation.
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Ferdinand FD, Fann JI. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016;102:358-362.
Although error disclosure is increasingly encouraged in health care, challenges to achieving transparency include liability and risk considerations, particularly for surgeons. This commentary describes the experiences of two health care systems that have implemented approaches to support transparent disclosure of medical errors.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Revealing their medical errors: why three doctors went public.
O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. August 15, 2011.
This news article reports on health care providers who have publicly revealed direct involvement in cases of medical errors, with a goal of encouraging open disclosure, encouraging safety checks, and improving patient safety.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
First do no harm.
Allen M. Washington Monthly. March/April 2011.
This magazine article reports on medical errors in the United States health care system and discusses transparency as a tactic to improve patient safety.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
A pinpoint beam strays invisibly, harming instead of healing.
Bogdanich W, Rebelo K. New York Times. December 28, 2010;A1.
This article explores inaccuracy of dosage, lack of protocol adherence, and absence of transparency as trends that hinder learning from radiological adverse events.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Dennis Quaid's Quest.
Grant M. AARP The Magazine. September/October 2010;53:48-51,90-91.
This article highlights how a medication error inspired Dennis Quaid to promote patient safety and chronicles his efforts to reduce harm in health care.
Perspectives on Safety > Interview
In Conversation with... Charles Ornstein
The Role of the Media in Patient Safety, October 2009
Charles Ornstein is a senior reporter at ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization in New York. Formerly with the Los Angeles Times, he co-wrote a series of articles about medical errors at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, which closed in 2007; the series earned the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. He is also the president of the Association of Health Care Journalists. We asked him to speak with us about the role of the media in patient safety. This interview was conducted while he was still at the Times.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Most surgery in wrong spot done on spine: 11 such cases found in state since 2006.
Smith S. Boston Globe. July 30, 2008;Metro section:1A.
This article reports on the incidence of wrong site surgeries in Massachusetts and describes complex factors that may contribute to such errors occurring in spinal surgery.
Perspectives on Safety > Perspective
The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety
with commentary by Rosemary Gibson, MSc, The Patient's Role in Safety, March 2007
Patients have three roles in improving patient safety: helping to ensure their own safety, working with health care organizations to improve safety at the organization and unit level, and advocating as citizens for public reporting and accountability of hospital and health system performance. The following case illustrates how patients can help ensure their own safety.