Patient Safety Begins With Access
Abstract
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.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Patient Safety and Medication Errors
Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
Publication details
- Journal / source
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Volume
- 335
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 1117–1117
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN