Improving patient safety through the involvement of patients: development and evaluation of novel interventions to engage patients in preventing patient safety incidents and protecting them against unintended harm

Improving patient safety through the involvement of patients: development and evaluation of novel interventions to engage patients in preventing patient safety incidents and protecting them against unintended harm

Background: Estimates suggest that, in NHS hospitals, incidents causing harm to patients occur in 10% of admissions, with costs to the NHS of > £2B. About one-third of harmful events are believed to be preventable. Strategies to reduce patient safety incidents (PSIs) have mostly focused on changi...

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Main Authors: John Wright, Rebecca Lawton, Jane O’Hara, Gerry Armitage, Laura Sheard, Claire Marsh, Angela Grange, Rosemary RC McEachan, Kim Cocks, Susan Hrisos, Richard Thomson, Vikram Jha, Liz Thorp, Michael Conway, Ashfaq Gulab, Peter Walsh, Ian Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2016-10-01
Series:Programme Grants for Applied Research
Subjects:
patient safety
patient involvement
incident reporting
risk assessment
quality improvement
medical education
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar04150

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https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar04150

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