Perhaps artificial intelligence and machine learning, all new tools gaining much publicity, some good and some bad, may be able to make a difference. Why is this? Implementation science may help in reaching 100% compliance with clear evidence-based safety practices. This should be a “never event” yet despite the implementation of mandatory “checklists” prior to starting a surgery, with the operating room team all paused while this takes place, mistakes are still made. However, preventable harm that should be at zero level, such as wrong site surgery, still occurs in many institutions. Many have reported significantly less preventable patient harm in their healthcare system. It takes implementation science, a science that many medical professionals have never heard of or utilized, to get universal acceptance.Ī recent manuscript in the New England Journal of Medicine by David Bates et al1 about adverse events in Massachusetts hospitals found that these adverse events still remain frequent despite the initial alert 32 years ago by Brennan, Leape, and Laird.2 We at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation have seen improvements in healthcare systems that have committed to implementing Actionable Evidence-Based Practices over the last 10 years. However, if we look at how long it took to ban cigarette smoking in airplanes, bars, and restaurants, to make seat belts mandatory in cars, despite all the compelling evidence of benefit, it is not guaranteed. This would seem obvious and something rapidly endorsed by healthcare professionals. Evidence-based best practices must be in place but must also be followed. Sure that this organ donor does not sustain any preventable harm by ensuring that all healthcare safety measures are adhered to. Many organ donors are healthy volunteers who are prepared to give up a healthy duplicate organ or part of an organ to save another person’s life. Organ donation is a selfless gift to those with organ failure.
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