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Using medical‐error reporting to drive patient safety efforts
Author(s) -
Stow Joanne
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63918-5
Subject(s) - patient safety , malpractice , health care , accountability , variety (cybernetics) , grasp , process (computing) , business , medical emergency , public relations , medicine , computer science , political science , artificial intelligence , law , programming language , operating system
• IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY has become one of the driving forces in health care delivery. Honest, accurate disclosure of medical errors and close calls is crucial to gain a better grasp of problems, make effective changes, and evaluate progress. • ALTHOUGH FEAR OF MALPRACTICE litigation remains a major deterrent to medicalerror reporting, disclosure allows organizations to benefit from one another's experiences. Accountability necessitates mandatory reporting to external organizations, but a wide variety of reporting systems exist, each with its own advantages and shortcomings. National standardized reporting is a major objective for the patient safety movement. • STAFF MEMBER INVESTMENT is a key factor in the safety process and needs to extend beyond the reporting procedure. AORN J 84 (September 2006) 406‐420. © AORN, Inc, 2006.