title: Patient safety systems: a long way to go.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Ste 810, Boston, MA 02114, USA. gvelmahos@partners.org
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Velmahos
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States