Open AccessThe JCAHO patient safety event taxonomy: a standardized terminology and classification schema for near misses and adverse events
Author(s) -
Alex L. Chang
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal for quality in health care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1464-3677
pISSN - 1353-4505
DOI - 10.1093/intqhc/mzi021
Subject(s) - terminology , patient safety , root cause analysis , computer science , taxonomy (biology) , schema (genetic algorithms) , incident report , health care , medicine , information retrieval , computer security , engineering , philosophy , biology , forensic engineering , economics , economic growth , botany , linguistics
The current US national discussions on patient safety are not based on a common language. This hinders systematic application of data obtained from incident reports, and learning from near misses and adverse events.
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