Building a Culture of Safety in Ophthalmology

Philip L Custer; Matthew E Fitzgerald; David C Herman; Paul P Lee; Claude L Cowan; Louis B Cantor; George B Bartley

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.06.019

Building a Culture of Safety in Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology. 2016 Sep;123(9 Suppl):S40-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.06.019.

Authors

Philip L Custer¹, Matthew E Fitzgerald², David C Herman³, Paul P Lee⁴, Claude L Cowan⁵, Louis B Cantor⁶, George B Bartley⁷

Affiliations

¹ Director, American Board of Ophthalmology, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: custer@vision.wustl.edu.
² Public Director, American Board of Ophthalmology, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
³ Director, American Board of Ophthalmology, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; CEO, Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota.
⁴ Director, American Board of Ophthalmology, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Vice Chair, American Board of Ophthalmology, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; F. Bruce Fralick Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, and Director of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁵ Director, American Board of Ophthalmology, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
⁶ Chairman and Professor of Ophthalmology, Jay C. and Lucile L. Kahn Professor of Glaucoma Research and Education, and Director of the Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana; Senior Secretary for Clinical Education, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Emeritus Director, American Board of Ophthalmology, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Louis J. and Evelyn Krueger Professor of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

PMID: 27550004
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.06.019

Abstract

Patient safety focused on a reduction in both procedural and diagnostic error is the number one concern of the United States healthcare system in the 21st century. The American Board of Ophthalmology has a longstanding interest in patient safety, and in 2015, teamed with the American Academy of Ophthalmology to convene all ophthalmology subspecialties and other prominent national organizations to address patient safety in ophthalmology. This article reviews the topic and highlights concerns for ophthalmologists.

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Academies and Institutes / history*
History, 21st Century
Humans
Ophthalmology / history*
Organizational Culture
Patient Safety / history*
Specialty Boards / history*
United States