Health care teams are deeply committed to protecting children from harm and ensuring the safest possible outcomes. Yet despite best intentions, harm can happen. Every child who enters a hospital begins a complex journey. Risks of harm can hide in any part of the chain of care, in any one of the hundreds of steps taken from the moment a patient arrives to the moment they make it home safely. When hospitals keep to themselves, they risk repeating errors others have made or have learned to prevent.
