title: Stay safe. Medical mistakes make headlines.
abstract: Medical mistakes in ambulatory settings are not isolated events, and most errors are avoidable. Your patients can be safer--and your practice can stay off the evening news--if you implement systems and processes that will minimize errors.
authors.affiliation: Quality America Inc., Ashville, N.C., USA. sdunn@charter.net
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems; D006123:Group Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States