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A failure in the medication delivery system-how disclosure and systems investigation improve patient safety.

Lucas SR, Pollak E, Makowski C. A failure in the medication delivery system—how disclosure and systems investigation improve patient safety. J Healthc Risk Manag. 2023;42(3-4):30-39. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21529.

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January 11, 2023
Lucas SR, Pollak E, Makowski C. J Healthc Risk Manag. 2023;42(3-4):30-39.
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Medical errors that receive widespread media attention frequently spur health systems to reexamine their own culture and practices to prevent similar errors. This commentary describes one health system’s effort to identify and improve the system factors (systems, processes, technology) involved in the error. The action plan proposed by this project includes ensuring a just culture so staff feel empowered to report errors and near-misses; regularly review and improve medication delivery systems; build resilient medication delivery systems; and, establish methods of investigations.

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Lucas SR, Pollak E, Makowski C. A failure in the medication delivery system—how disclosure and systems investigation improve patient safety. J Healthc Risk Manag. 2023;42(3-4):30-39. doi:10.1002/jhrm.21529.