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Editorial
New tools for high reliability healthcare
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Both lay and scientific literature confirm that preventable medical errors remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in US hospitals, responsible for upwards of 400 000 hospital deaths per year.1 Over the past decade, Patel and colleagues have carefully documented the reasons medical errors occur, with special appreciation for the role of complexity in clinical situations.2 ,3 Due to that complexity, and in recognition of the fallibility of human care, the issue quickly becomes how to mitigate errors before patients are adversely affected. It should be noted that to help ensure safe care, medical institutions rely on peer review …