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It has been 10 years since the Institute of Medicine's report To Err is Human revolutionized patient safety by encouraging a focus on systemic flaws that allow errors to occur, rather than blaming the individual who actually made the mistake. From the start, however, risk managers have struggled with the idea of how to avoid a "culture of blame" without letting people get away with extraordinary negligence or deliberate misbehavior.

Rogue nurse highlights dilemma over blame vs. root cause