title: [Medical errors in the continuous improvement of quality].
abstract: The increase in medical errors during the last four decades of past centuries can be attributed to several causes: the human fallibility always present, concern in quality and continuity of physician-patient relationship and to the increased advance in technology innovation. These errors attract the attention of Agencies and Organizations involved in Healthcare Quality. From the work of these a series of recommendations were issued for the prevention of medical errors. The action level is a systemic one, due to the characteristic of the healthcare services.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina de Familia, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, PR.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pesante Pinto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards