[Measuring patient safety--why and how?]

(Måling af patientsikkerhed--hvorfor og hvordan?)

Full Abstract

Patient safety measurement from e.g. indicators, audits and questionnaires is used for risk management. Five years after the Danish Act on Patient Safety came into force, it remains unknown if health care is getting safer. The perspective of implementing patient safety methods for systematic monitoring is that it will become possible to continuously estimate the prevalence and incidence of patient safety problems. The lesson learnt in quality improvement is that it will pay back in terms of improvement in patient safety. For this purpose validated methods are needed.

Author information

Author/s: Kristensen, Solvejg (S); Mainz, Jan (J); Bartels, Paul (P);

Affiliation: Enhed for Klinisk Kvalitet og Patientsikkerhed, Psykiatrien i Region Nordjylland, og Syddansk Universitet. solkri(-atsign-)rm.dk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Ugeskrift for laeger (Ugeskr Laeger), published in Denmark. (Language: dan)

Reference: 2009-May; vol 171 (issue 20) : pp 1674-7

Dates: Created 2009/05/20; Completed 2009/06/16;

PMID: 19454207, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 6/16/2009, IMS Date: )

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods; standards
Quality Indicators, Health Care - standards
Risk Management - methods; standards
Safety Management - methods; standards

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