title: National agenda: local leadership.
abstract: Cultural change is the first step in addressing the issue of patient safety. Strategies to achieve this must be well thought-out and extremely well-executed. However, action may be constrained by tension between federal and provincial governments. The provincial licensing bodies must be involved in rethinking the approach to error. Local leadership stimulated by a national agenda is the best way to proceed.
authors.affiliation: Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ohlhauser
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Schurman
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D035082:Federal Government; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009111:Local Government; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*