Wall Street Journal Features National Patient Safety Board Proposal

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In a September 2 article, the Wall Street Journal published a feature on the National Patient Safety Board (NPSB) proposal spearheaded by the NPSB Advocacy Coalition. The article explores how the NPSB could model the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) ongoing success in addressing medical error in the United States. Read the article here: Can Hospitals Learn About Safety From Airlines? The author, Andy Pasztor, has spent many years studying the NTSB and brings fresh insights about how this successful model could bring improvements to another industry whose progress lags behind.