title: Reducing Harm in Healthcare Systems.
abstract: An understanding of the importance of causation of medical errors is important for determining strategies to reduce the harm that they can cause to patients. This paper discusses how dentistry can learn from medicine as well as other industries when developing approaches designed to deal with the causes of errors, rather than their outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Peninsula School of Dentistry, Plymouth, UK.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D054976:Clinical Governance; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D019230:Dental Audit; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D064406:Patient Harm / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000191:economics; D012308:Risk Management; D013218:State Dentistry; D006113:United Kingdom