Add to ORKGsafety is addressed and discussedfrom many perspectives. Lessons aresought from all manner of industries and experts, from the disciplines of psychology, ergonomics, engineering and others. Yet the one source of experience and expertise that remains largely ignored is that of the patient.1 In their study of reporting of adverse events, Daniels and colleagues2 show that parents of children undergoing care in hospital can provide timely and important information about the safety of care that complements information recorded in staff reporting systems. Information from fam-ilies revealed many harmful and potentially harmful events that would have otherwise remained undetected. Patients can contribute to their own care a
Understanding how patients can be engaged in safety-related activities at the direct care level is o...
Plans for improving safety in medical care often ignore the patient’s perspective. The active role o...
Worldwide, the delivery of health care is challenged by a wide range of safety problems. The traditi...
safety is addressed and discussedfrom many perspectives. Lessons aresought from all manner of indust...
Patient safety has become a focus of interest in today’s health care. Notably in the fields of pedia...
Prior to the emergence of the patient safety movement as a distinct science, it was assumed that the...
Plans for improving safety in medical care often ignore the patient's perspective. The active role o...
Emergent evidence suggests that patients can identify and report safety issues while in hospital. Ho...
Patient safety research has adapted concepts and methods from the workplace safety literature (safet...
Background Patient safety measurement remains a global challenge. Patients are an important but negl...
NoINTRODUCTION: Patients are increasingly being thought of as central to patient safety. A small but...
Patient safety has been on the research agenda since 2000, when unnecessary harm to patients in prov...
NoPatients have the potential to provide feedback on the safety of their care. Recently, tools have ...
The Institute of Medicine’s landmark report To ErrIs Human recommended that patients be viewedas mem...
Some interventions to support patient involvement in patient safety may be justified—perhaps even et...
Understanding how patients can be engaged in safety-related activities at the direct care level is o...
Plans for improving safety in medical care often ignore the patient’s perspective. The active role o...
Worldwide, the delivery of health care is challenged by a wide range of safety problems. The traditi...
safety is addressed and discussedfrom many perspectives. Lessons aresought from all manner of indust...
Patient safety has become a focus of interest in today’s health care. Notably in the fields of pedia...
Prior to the emergence of the patient safety movement as a distinct science, it was assumed that the...
Plans for improving safety in medical care often ignore the patient's perspective. The active role o...
Emergent evidence suggests that patients can identify and report safety issues while in hospital. Ho...
Patient safety research has adapted concepts and methods from the workplace safety literature (safet...
Background Patient safety measurement remains a global challenge. Patients are an important but negl...
NoINTRODUCTION: Patients are increasingly being thought of as central to patient safety. A small but...
Patient safety has been on the research agenda since 2000, when unnecessary harm to patients in prov...
NoPatients have the potential to provide feedback on the safety of their care. Recently, tools have ...
The Institute of Medicine’s landmark report To ErrIs Human recommended that patients be viewedas mem...
Some interventions to support patient involvement in patient safety may be justified—perhaps even et...
Understanding how patients can be engaged in safety-related activities at the direct care level is o...
Plans for improving safety in medical care often ignore the patient’s perspective. The active role o...
Worldwide, the delivery of health care is challenged by a wide range of safety problems. The traditi...