Skip to content
KFF Health News KFF Health News KFF Health News KFF Health News
Donate
  • Donate
  • Connect With Us:
  • Contact
  • X
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • Trump 2.0
    • Agency Watch
    • Medicaid Watch
    • State Watch
  • Public Health
  • Race & Health
  • Audio
    • KFF Health News Minute
    • What the Health
    • An Arm and a Leg
    • Silence in Sikeston
    • Epidemic
    • American Diagnosis
    • Where It Hurts
  • Investigations
    • Bill Of The Month
    • Broken Rehab
    • Dead Zone
    • Diagnosis: Debt
    • Overpayment Outrage
    • Payback: Tracking Opioid Cash
    • Systemic Sickness
    • The Body Shops
    • The Injured
    • The Only Hospital in Town
    • ALL INVESTIGATIONS
  • More Topics
    • Abortion
    • Aging
    • Climate
    • COVID-19
    • Health Care Costs
    • Insurance
    • Medicaid
    • Medicare
    • Mental Health
    • Pharma
    • Rural Health
    • Uninsured

Mary Naylor

Ten Years Later: Look To Nurses As Champions of Patient Safety

By Mary Naylor and Mark Pauly, WCVE December 10, 2009 KFF Health News Original

Ten years ago this month, IOM’s ‘To Err Is Human’ cast a spotlight on the role of the nurse in keeping patients safe, a role that will become even more important under the ongoing effort to reform the health care system.

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print

Latest Morning Briefing Stories

  • Viewpoints: A Formula For Fixing A Public Health System In Crisis; For Many, Vaccine Hesitancy Feels Logical Sep 30

  • Many States Brace For Grim Aftermath If Congress Can’t Make A Deal On ACA Sep 30

  • West Nile Cases Up; Many People Don’t Know The Right Way To Use Bug Spray Sep 30

  • Opioid Use Disorder Diagnoses Surged Nationwide Between 2021 And 2024 Sep 30

  • New Report Shows Notable Decline In Clinical Abortions In First Half Of Year Sep 30

Email Sign-Up

More From KFF Health News

A portrait of a woman leaning against a glass balcony. Her semi-transparent reflection is visible in the right half of the image.

Doctors With Troubled Pasts Are Performing Cosmetic Surgeries Tied to Crippling Pain and Injury

A close up photograph of a gloved hand making markings on a person's face in preparation for cosmetic surgery.

How To Pick the Right Cosmetic Surgeon

Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

Health Care’s Employment Growth Clouded by Immigration Crackdown, Medicaid Cuts

KFF

© 2025 KFF. All rights reserved.

  • About Us
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Editorial Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Staff
  • Republish Our Content
  • Email Sign-Up
  • X
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Powered by WordPress VIP

Thank you for your interest in supporting KFF Health News, the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of all sizes and in communities large and small. We appreciate all forms of engagement from our readers and listeners, and welcome your support.

KHN is an editorially independent program of KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). You can support KHN by making a contribution to KFF, a non-profit charitable organization that is not associated with Kaiser Permanente.

Click the button below to go to KFF’s donation page which will provide more information and FAQs. Thank you!

Continue