The Present and Future Champions of Patient Safety

Article| October 2021 The Present and Future Champions of Patient Safety Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH; Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Monica W. Harbell, MD, FASA; Monica W. Harbell, MD, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 32–34. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000795176.25982.81 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Emily Methangkool, Monica W. Harbell, Meghan B. Lane-Fall; The Present and Future Champions of Patient Safety. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:32–34 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000795176.25982.81 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: patient safety Anesthesiology as a specialty has been acknowledged for advancing quality of care, as documented by the 1999 Institute of Medicine publication To Err is Human.1 While the publication brought medical errors and preventable complications and deaths to the attention of providers and the public, identification of problems associated with perioperative care and approaches to address them have been of concern to anesthesiologists for decades. The landmark study by Beecher and Todd in 1954 found that anesthesia-related mortality was 64 deaths per 100,000 procedures; this propelled the specialty to improve training and guidelines for practice.1 Based on this background, anesthesiologists have long been leaders and innovators in patient safety, exemplified by the creation of ASA monitoring standards in 1986 and the establishment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) in 1985, the first organization to focus solely on patient safety in a medical specialty; its vision is “that... You do not currently have access to this content.