Patient Safety Begins With Access
This Viewpoint discusses the need to frame delays and failures in access to health care as patient safety events and to apply high-reliability organization principles to these access-related events to incorporate systematic analysis, leadership attention, and organizational accountability.
Authors
- Victor J. Hassid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9625-140X)
- Haytham M.A. Kaafarani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4682-9135)
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.1286
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00