Open AccessMedical Errors in Iowa: Prevalence and Patients' Perspectives
Author(s) -
David P. Lind,
David R. Andresen,
Andrew Williams
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1549-8425
pISSN - 1549-8417
DOI - 10.1097/pts.0000000000000523
Subject(s) - phone , agency (philosophy) , health care , random digit dialing , family medicine , medline , medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , population , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The following primary objectives of this study were to: (1) establish baselines of prevalence and causes of medical errors experienced by Iowans in medical settings, (2) determine whether Iowa patients were informed of the errors by the responsible healthcare providers, (3) understand reasons why Iowans who experienced medical errors did or did not report the errors, and (4) discover how Iowans view mandatory reporting of medical errors.