Interpersonal and organizational dynamics are key drivers of failure to rescue.

Smith ME, Wells E, Friese CR, Krein SL, Ghaferi AA. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:1870-1976.

When a patient experiences a major surgical complication, a health care team's inability to prevent subsequent postoperative death is known as failure to rescue. Stakeholders at five Michigan hospitals identified two changeable causes of failure to rescue: delayed recognition of evolving complications and communication deficiencies. A WebM&M commentarydiscussed a failure to rescue and system-level means to address the adverse outcome.

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