On Patient Safety: Mirroring the Strategies Used for Delivering COVID-19 Medications May Improve How Developing Countries Obtain Essential Medicines

J. Rickert, President, The Society for Patient Centered Orthopedics, Bloomington, IN, USA J. Rickert, IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians, 583 S Clarizz Blvd. Bloomington, IN 47401 USA, Email: [email protected] All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. A note from the Editor-in-Chief: We are pleased to present our next installment of "On Patient Safety." Dr. Rickert is on the clinical faculty at Indiana University School of Medicine and serves as President of The Society for Patient Centered Orthopedics. The goal of this quarterly column is to explore the relationships among patient safety, value, and clinical efficacy by engaging with diverse perspectives, including those of orthopaedic surgeons, patients, consumer and patient advocates, and medical insurers. We welcome reader feedback on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to [email protected]. The author certifies that neither he, nor any members of his immediate family, has funding or commercial associations (such as consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article. The opinions expressed are those of the writers, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR® or The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.