What We Can Learn About Patient Safety While Driving to Work

2025/01/09 by Lawrence B. Marks, Caprice C. Greenberg, Łukasz Mazur · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · #Healthcare Policy and Management #Global Health Care Issues #Healthcare cost, quality, practices

paper · doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.6151

openalex publication_date 2025/01/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26

Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses strategies used with driving that can be applied to health care to promote consistent and predictable physician and patient actions.

Citations

• A systematic review of medical practice variation in OECD countries

Discussions

• Improving safety and effectiveness in healthcare is often compared to improving airline flight safety. Marks et al suggest a better analogy is with driving, another complex system where standardised f [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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