As hospitals and governmental bodies place a greater emphasis on patient safety, operating room teams are working to build “cultures of safety” that reward compliance and encourage teamwork. But while ...

The need to reduce the frequency and impact of medical errors has generated much discussion. As part of this debate, we have asked how other industries have produced documented safety improvements. US ...

Background: Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States (Makary & Daniel, 2016). Situational awareness, monitoring, and remediating risks in the clinical setting are ...

The assumption that surgical gloves are largely equivalent has shaped purchasing strategies across many health systems. Yet growing attention to clinical performance, infection prevention and ...

North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) is a leader in patient safety and healthcare innovation. In 2008, NAPA achieved remarkable results when it installed the first HIPAA- and PHI-compliant, ...

An operating room fire that started on a patient’s abdomen. Surgical placement of a drainage tube in the wrong kidney. An unnecessary gall bladder-related procedure. Repeated failures to document that ...

Surgery in UC Hospital operating room, 1924. This photograph from 1924, taken in one of the operating rooms at the University of California Hospital (present day UCSF), is spare and almost austere.

Anjali Joseph ([email protected]) is a professor of architecture and the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Endowed Chair in Architecture and Health Design, School of Architecture, Clemson ...

August marks Neurosurgery Awareness Month, a time to recognize not only neurosurgeons but also the many professionals who ensure safe neurosurgery. I often compare surgery to a plane landing on an ...

As hospitals and governmental bodies place a greater emphasis on patient safety, operating room teams are working to build "cultures of safety" that reward compliance and encourage teamwork. But while ...