Here are five key notes:
1. The Spanish organization joined the foundation to help eliminate medical errors.
2. About 750,000 medical errors occur annually in the European Union, according to the World Health Organization.
3. SENSAR is implementing an online incidence reporting system as well as training through simulation teamwork.
4. SENSAR’s program involves 86 hospitals, with a goal of having 120 hospital members by 2020.
5. Anesthesiologists in Spain founded SENSAR in 2009 to advance best practices in safety.
“Unfortunately, the traditional approach to medical errors is focused on blame and punishment. This makes it difficult for health organizations to learn from mistakes,” said Dr. Daniel Arnal, president of SENSAR.
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