Lucian Leape Explained

Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health, who has been active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error.[1] In 1994 he had an article, "Error in Medicine," published in JAMA, which called for the application of systems theory to prevent medical errors. In 1997, he testified before a subcommittee of the US Senate with his recommendations for improving medical safety.[2]

Leape earned the Eagle Scout award as a youth and has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Eagle Scout.[3]

He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959 after receiving an AB from Cornell University in 1952.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lucian Leape . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123002647/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/lucian-leape/ . . January 23, 2013 . dead.
  2. Web site: Patient Safety Interview: Lucian Leape . May 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20100413065138/http://www.who.int/patientsafety/information_centre/interviews/leape/en/index.html . April 13, 2010 . dead.
  3. Web site: Distinguished Eagle Scout award recipients . . August 28, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190320191709/https://nesa.org/for-eagle-scouts/awards-and-recognition/distinguished-eagle-scout-award/ . March 20, 2019 . live .