Like airplane accidents, most accidents in medical care result from human error, particularly failures in communication, leadership, and decision making  Following the introduction of standard procedures governing these three areas, the airline industry succeeded in significantly reducing the number and severity of accidents
Since airplane flights and health care delivery both require the cooperation of groups of people with diverse knowledge and skills, the medical care community should adopt a similar set of procedures in order to reduce errors
arguing for taking a course of action based on results of taking such action in an analogous situation