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This editorial discusses patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare. It notes that medical errors cause up to 98,000 preventable deaths per year in the US, costing $29 billion. While the 1999 IOM report brought attention to this issue, Florence Nightingale pioneered patient safety efforts in the 1850s by implementing hygiene standards that reduced mortality rates among British soldiers. The editorial emphasizes that medical errors are usually caused by systemic flaws rather than individual neglige

Author

Sara Meziane

Language

EN