In this episode of Critical Matters, Dr. Zanotti is joined by Dr. Nitin Puri. As a critical care physician, Dr. Puri is the Division Head for Critical Care Medicine, and Co-Director for the Center for Critical Care Medicine at Cooper University Health System. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, in Camden, New Jersey. Together, they discuss medical errors in healthcare.

Additional Resources:

“To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System.” The landmark publication y the Institute of Medicine highlighting medical errors as a critical cause of deaths in the US healthcare system: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25077248

Medical error – the third leading cause of death in the US: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27143499

The Safety of Inpatient Health Care. New England Journal of Medicine 2023; https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2206117

The Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) toolkit from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). CANDOR is a process that health care institutions and providers can use to respond in a timely, thorough and fair way when medical errors occur and cause patient’s harm: https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/candor/introduction.html

A powerful video on to topic of disclosure of medical errors. Worth a view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=xeMWizTodYw

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. By Amy Edmondson: https://bit.ly/3OQe1zV

Pachinko. By Min Lee Jee: https://bit.ly/3DNJegK