Sound advice from North Carolina MDs

As our next group of residents arrive at Telluride for the 10th Annual TelluridePatient Safety Educational Roundtable and Summer Camps, it is good to remember this message from these North Carolina pediatric intensivists who are trying to eliminate preventable harm:

“The big focus has been recognizing that it’s a systems issue,” Norman said. “We’re really trying to remove the blame from an individual provider and saying, 'How can we make the system more efficient? How can we work toward delivering better, safer, more efficient care?'”