Put simply a safe culture is one in which those in charge are willing to hear bad news and act appropriately. Developing such a culture is a central element of efforts to improve both the safety and the quality of care provided to patients. Just Culture: A Just Culture is one in which the line…
Month: April 2022
A Framework for Safety
Developing safer health systems takes a long time…a really long time. And the terrible thing is that you can spend years building a better system and it doesn’t take much time to tear it all down. A smart person once said that trust is earned in sips and lost in buckets…safety feels like that too….
Where To Go Next With Safety…
When thinking about how to help expand knowledge around patient safety, it’s hard to know where to start. But a recent court case helps remind us what is at risk. A nurse practicing at Vanderbilt University made a catastrophic medication error that resulted in the death of the patient that she was caring for. A…