Delivering Otolaryngologic Care Safely and Successfully

In 2000, when the Institute of Medicine published To Err Is Human,1 the focus of the patient safety movement was on convincing both providers and patients that we had a safety problem. Currently, most people understand that patient safety is a real issue. Unfortunately, there are still an estimated 251,000 deaths2 and over 1,000,000 nonfatal injuries3 from medical errors annually in the United States. The focus now is on how to implement the best practices that we know exist. An additional challenge is creating a culture around safety, with leadership engagement.

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