Over the past 20 years, has the US made significant progress to improve preventable medical errors? A new special collection of articles in the American Journal of Medical Quality (AJMQ), published by SAGE Publishing, begins to answer this question by analyzing the impact these articles have had on the medical field.
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) published To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, a landmark report that found tens of thousands of deaths occur every year from preventable medical errors and ushered a new era of transparency and accountability. To acknowledge the 20th anniversary of To Err is Human, AJMQ republished and reflected on 11 of their own most downloaded and cited articles from the past 20 years, discussing how each of the articles have directly impacted the safety of healthcare.
AJMQ’s collection assesses how these articles have enabled strides to improve outcomes, communication, payment systems, teamwork training, leadership, and integration of the health system. Earlier this year, SAGE announced a new effort to better measure and celebrate research that makes impact beyond the academic community – on policy, practice, and public life.
The American Journal of Medical Quality (AJMQ) is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly journal for those practicing, conducting research, and teaching in the field of clinical quality improvement. AJMQ publishes research studies, evaluations of the delivery and management of healthcare, and reports on changes in the field of medical quality, utilisation, and risk management, clarified with graphs and tables. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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