Errores medicos en el mejoramiento continuo de la calidad / Medical errors in the continuous improvement of quality

ABSTRACT

The increase in medical errors during the last four decades of past centuries can be attributed to several causes the human fallibility always present, concern in quality and continuity of physician-patient relationship and to the increased advance in technology innovation. These errors attract the attention of Agencies and Organizations involved in Healthcare Quality. From the work of these a series of recommendations were issued for the prevention of medical errors. The action level is a systemic one, due to the characteristic of the healthcare services