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Patient involvement in continuous learning and constant communication of information between care givers, organizations and the general public will improve patient safety. The system of health care is fallible and requires fundamental change to sustainably improve patient safety. An unintended healthcare outcome caused by a defect in the delivery of care to a patient. Healthcare errors may be errors of commission ( doing the wrong thing ), omission ( not doing the right thing ), or execution ( doing the right thing incorrectly ). Errors may be made by any member of the healthcare team in any healthcare setting. The National Patient Safety Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) status and all donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Josie R. Williams MD, MMM Lucian Leape Institute at National Patient Safety Foundation The Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation, launched in 2007, functions as a think tank to define strategic paths and issue calls to action for the field of patient safety and is intended to provide vision and context for the many efforts underway within the health care system. Through its Roundtables, it will issue reports that will guide the work of the field and challenge the system to address the issues critical to making the system safer.