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

• मुख्य लेखकों: John Wright (लेखक), Rebecca Lawton (लेखक), Jane O'Hara (लेखक), Gerry Armitage (लेखक), Laura Sheard (लेखक), Claire Marsh (लेखक), Angela Grange (लेखक), Rosemary RC McEachan (लेखक), Kim Cocks (लेखक), Susan Hrisos (लेखक), Richard Thomson (लेखक), Vikram Jha (लेखक), Liz Thorp (लेखक), Michael Conway (लेखक), Ashfaq Gulab (लेखक), Peter Walsh (लेखक), Ian Watt (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: NIHR Journals Library, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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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...