Introduction Patient safety is a critical component to ensuring timely recovery. Therefore, patient safety is the process by which physicians attempt to reduce or otherwise eliminate medical errors that negatively affect a patient's safety (Corrigan, 2012). This implies that healthcare professionals emphasize the need to have adequate reporting and analysis procedures when recording an event (Gogan, Baxter, Boss, & Chircu, 2013). The mechanisms used by America are comparable to those used in other developed countries such as Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom and Australia. The article discusses the safety of the American healthcare system compared to that of the United Kingdom. Patient Safety The US Healthcare System Adopting patient safety as a core healthcare discipline has enabled patients to receive safe and reliable medical care. In the United States, this discipline was introduced in the 1990s, when the number of patients dying from medical errors was increasing at an alarming rate (Jeffers, Searcey, Boyle, Herring, Lester, Goetz-Smith et al., 2013) . As a result, the government has initiated a program to ensure that healthcare workers and equipment provide good patient care. This program included increasing public knowledge about public safety, the use of technology, and evidence-based medicines (Sheps & Cardiff, 2011). According to Vincent (2011), technological improvement in health centers reduces adverse health events, decreases medical errors and improves health care. quality. The government has implemented the electronic health record (EHR) as part of health information technology to reduce the time it takes to care for patients. The HER system has applications in drug prescribing, emergencies, laboratory testing and general practice… half of paper… u, AM (2013). Handoff processes, information quality and patient safety. Business Process Management Journal, 19(1), 70-94. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14637151311294877Jeffers, S., Searcey, P., Boyle, K., Herring, C., Lester, K., Goetz-Smith, H., & Nelson, P (2013). Centralized Video Monitoring for Patient Safety: A Streamlined Journey in Denver Health. Nursing Economics, 31(6), 298-306. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1477880055?accountid=45049Sheps, S.B., & Cardiff, K. (2011). Patient safety: a wake-up call. Clinical Governance, 16(2), 148-158. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14777271111124509 Sultz A. H. & Young, M. K. (2010). Healthcare in the United States. BL: Jones & Bartlett Publishers. Vincent C. (2011). Patient safety. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Winter emergency room (2013). Unraveling health care in the United States: A personal guide. LH: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.