title: Making medication safety a strategic organizational priority.
abstract: Since January 1998 the Executive Session on Medical Error and Patient Safety at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government has periodically convened a group of 25 to 30 practitioners (and a few academics) to discuss issues and identify strategies and solutions concerning patient safety. This profile is adapted from a case study presented at the Executive Session.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. sweingar@caregroup.harvard.edu
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Weingart
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D008404:Massachusetts; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*