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    Perioperative Safety Culture

    Foreword
    Patient Safety in 2023: Developing
    a New Science in a Postpandemic
    Wo r ld

    Lee A. Fleisher, MD, FACC, FAHA


    Consulting Editor

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, we observed a marked increase in markers of patient


    harm in hospital settings as demonstrated in many of the quality measures. In addition,
    several recent studies continue to demonstrate that approximately one in four hospi-
    talized patients experience harm, similar to the findings from 20 years ago in the To
    Err Is Human report.1 Patient safety advocates have been sounding the alarm based
    upon these observations, but there is cause for optimism. First, the deterioration during
    the public health emergency (PHE) seems to be reversing as we come out of the PHE.
    However, our approach to safety through the development of strong teams has been
    distrupted by the health care worker shortage. So, we need to recommit to known stra-
    tegies and develop new science and adapt strategies from other disciplines.
    In order to commission an issue on safety science, I was able to engage two amazing
    colleagues. Jake H. Abernathy III is Associate Professor and Executive Vice Chair of
    Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. He is also a
    Core Faculty of the Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety. Collaborating with human
    factors engineers and health care architects, Dr Abernathy is investigating the impact
    that OR space, equipment, and design have on patient safety. Matthew D. McEvoy is
    Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery and Vice-Chair of Perioperative Medicine at
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). He is also Medical Director of the VUMC
    Enhanced Recovery Programs and Program Director of the Perioperative Medicine
    Fellowship. Dr McEvoy has partnered with a multidisciplinary team of clinicians to imple-
    ment evidence-based systems of care, including the Enhanced Recovery Program and

    Anesthesiology Clin 41 (2023) xv–xvi


    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2023.07.001 anesthesiology.theclinics.com
    1932-2275/23/ª 2023 Published by Elsevier Inc.
    xvi Foreword

    Hi-RISE (High-Risk Surgical Encounter) Service at VUMC. Together they have invited a
    stellar group of authors on this topic.

    Lee A. Fleisher, MD, FACC, FAHA


    Robert D. Dripps Professor and Chair of
    Anesthesiology and Critical Care
    Professor of Medicine
    Perelman School of Medicine at
    the University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    E-mail address:
    [email protected]

    REFERENCE

    1. Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on. In: Kohn LT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS,
    editors. Quality of Health Care in America. To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health
    System. Washington, DC: National Academies Press US; 2000.

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