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

• Hauptverfasser: John Wright (Verfasst von), Rebecca Lawton (Verfasst von), Jane O'Hara (Verfasst von), Gerry Armitage (Verfasst von), Laura Sheard (Verfasst von), Claire Marsh (Verfasst von), Angela Grange (Verfasst von), Rosemary RC McEachan (Verfasst von), Kim Cocks (Verfasst von), Susan Hrisos (Verfasst von), Richard Thomson (Verfasst von), Vikram Jha (Verfasst von), Liz Thorp (Verfasst von), Michael Conway (Verfasst von), Ashfaq Gulab (Verfasst von), Peter Walsh (Verfasst von), Ian Watt (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: NIHR Journals Library, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...