TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Conclusion A1 - Wachter, Robert M. Y1 - 2012 N1 - T2 - Understanding Patient Safety, 2e AB - The fireworks that accompanied the publication of To Err is Human by the Institute of Medicine in late 1999 generated some magical thinking about how easy it would be to fix the problem of medical errors. A few computer systems here, some standard processes there (double checks, read backs), and maybe just a sprinkling of culture change—and poof, patients would be safer. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56252142 ER -