title: Patient safety: a view from the top.
abstract: The view of patient safety from the top encompasses vision, a long-range horizon, and fluency in the current state of system performance. Leadership in patient safety is an active process that demonstrates actions derived from safety as a value. It requires leaders who are accountable, responsible, knowledgeable, vigilant, and directly engaged. Patient safety is not a portfolio of work for leaders to preside over; rather, it is a core strategy of the organization and the health care industry that demands involvement. Patient safety is the work of leaders in this generation of health care: our watch, our time, and our work in achieving the delivery of harm-free care to children.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, 2525 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA. julie.morath@childrensmn.org
authors.forename: Julianne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morath
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*