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JULY 16, 2019

The Benefits of a Just Culture of Safety

By Karen Blum
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Karen Fiumara, PharmD

Boston—A “just” culture that allows for open communication of errors in a nonpunitive environment can and should be applied to critical evaluation of medication errors in hospitals and health systems, a patient safety expert said during the 2019 ASHP Summer Meetings & Exhibition.

“We know things go wrong every day in all of our hospitals,” said Karen Fiumara, PharmD, the executive director of patient safety at Brigham and