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

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