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

• Main Authors: John Wright (Author), Rebecca Lawton (Author), Jane O'Hara (Author), Gerry Armitage (Author), Laura Sheard (Author), Claire Marsh (Author), Angela Grange (Author), Rosemary RC McEachan (Author), Kim Cocks (Author), Susan Hrisos (Author), Richard Thomson (Author), Vikram Jha (Author), Liz Thorp (Author), Michael Conway (Author), Ashfaq Gulab (Author), Peter Walsh (Author), Ian Watt (Author)
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• 出版: 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...