AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► A pilot whose wife died from a medical mistake is now working to apply the principles of aviation safety to health care.

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What's New | June 20, 2014

A pilot whose wife died from a medical mistake is now working to apply the principles of aviation safety to health care. New Statesman. June 4, 2014.

How mistakes can save lives: one man's mission to revolutionise the NHS.

Leslie I. New Statesman. June 4, 2014.

This magazine article reports on the experience of a pilot whose wife died due to a medical error. In response to learning about the chain of events that led to her death and how it could have been prevented, he committed to applying aviation safety concepts such as crew resource management andhuman factors to improve health care safety.

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