Measuring harm and informing quality improvement in the Welsh NHS: the longitudinal Welsh national adverse events study

• Main Authors: Sharon Mayor (Author), Elizabeth Baines (Author), Charles Vincent (Author), Annette Lankshear (Author), Adrian Edwards (Author), Mansel Aylward (Author), Helen Hogan (Author), Paul Harper (Author), Jan Davies (Author), Ameet Mamtora (Author), Emily Brockbank (Author), Jonathon Gray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background, objectives and setting: Despite global activity over the past 15 years to improve patient safety, the measurement of adverse events (AEs) remains challenging. Objectives: We aimed to obtain definitive longitudinal data on harm across NHS Wales and to compare the performance of the Global...