Media coverage was responsible for patient safety
Although patient safety was identified in the medical literature in the
1950's, it was coverage by the news media coverage that prompted the
medical profession to develop a systems-orientated approach to patient
safety approach. In this week's reviews section (p 1044), Michael
Millenson says that it was journalists and the media who held up the
mirror to the medical profession and persuaded them it to adopt a
systematic approach to error that , which had been available for many
years.
(Credit: RICHARD CRAMPTON/REX)
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