KARIN JANINE BERNTSEN, RN is a health care executive, speaker and consultant in patient safety. She is President of Preventing Medical Errors (PME). PME is committed to forging partnership between health care professionals and the public in order to reduce medical errors. Her newly published book covers key issues that need to be established to impact the crisis of medical errors in U.S. Hospitals. Contact Ms. Berntsen at preventingmedicalerrors.com.