title: Running out of patience. Continuing problems with errors spur group to launch $500 million safety initiative.
abstract: A half-billion-dollar initiative to battle preventable error would team engineers and other professionals with clinicians to create highly reliable systems. That will give physicians and nurses more time to talk to patients and their families about their concerns and questions. "Every; patient needs to be listened to," says James Guest, left, of Consumers Union.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McKinney
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061213:Mortality, Premature; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D017751:Safety Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*