Learning from Small Mistakes to Avoid Big Mistakes, Operating Rooms and Patient Harm

Blog post

  This article caught my eye today, and it's a change of pace to think about and write about mistakes other than my own (and I made more today — but healthcare mistakes are more important).

Penn Medicine hospital cited over wrong-site surgery

It's a mistake to perform surgery on the wrong leg. Not an “unintended mistake” (which is redundant). All mistakes are unintentional. Intentional harm could be called sabotage or assault....