James Bagian on medical error

Kathryn Schulz has a wonderful Q&A with James Bagian, director of the VA national center for patient safety, at the Slate blog "The Wrong Stuff". Read it all, but I especially enjoyed his thoughts on blame, punishment, and the perverse incentives that can be introduced by public disclosure.

Kathryn Schulz is the author of the book, Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. I haven't read it, but I think I'll check it out.