To what extent are adverse events found in patient records reported by patients and healthcare professionals via complaints, claims and incident reports?
Open Access
- 28 February 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 11 (1), 49
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-49
Abstract
Patient record review is believed to be the most useful method for estimating the rate of adverse events among hospitalised patients. However, the method has some practical and financial disadvantages. Some of these disadvantages might be overcome by using existing reporting systems in which patient safety issues are already reported, such as incidents reported by healthcare professionals and complaints and medico-legal claims filled by patients or their relatives. The aim of the study is to examine to what extent the hospital reporting systems cover the adverse events identified by patient record review.Keywords
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