Minimizing medical errors to improve patient safety: An essential mission ahead.

The author offers observation on how to minimize medical errors to improve patient safety. Topics discussed include information on the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) report "To Err is Human," which highlighted the importance of identifying medical errors by medical institutions, and examples of computer-handy, voluntary, and anonymous Medical Error Reporting Systems (MERS) designed for hospitals and health systems and accessible to health personnel.