TL;DR: Wrong-side surgery is a system failure, not just human error. Fear, silence, and lack of psychological safety allow mistakes to be hidden–making repeat harm more likely. I don’t post every episode of the My Favorite Mistake podcast here, but my latest episode (#70) will have a strong appeal to readers of this blog. This episode features Dr. David Mayer, who is an anesthesiologist and, among other things, the CEO of the Patient Safety Movement … Continue reading Wrong-Side Surgery and the Pressure to Cover It Up: A Patient Safety Failure