Keeping patients safe from harm is the key priority of healthcare organizations. Harm can befall a patient during transit to a hospital or care facility, while waiting for assessment and treatment in the facility, or during a stay in a ward or treatment room. Adverse events in healthcare ...
Large national reviews of patient charts estimate that approximately 10% of hospital admissions are associated with an adverse event (defined as an injury resulting in prolonged hospitalisation, disability or death, caused by healthcare management). Apart from having a significant impact on patient morb...
Certain drugs may cause specific types of adverse events in some patients. 23.不良事件的影响范围可能从个体患者到整个医疗系统。 The impact of adverse events can range from individual patients to the entire healthcare system. 24.不良事件的发生可能涉及多个相关部门的合作进行调查和应对。 The occurrence...
The most common type of adverse event involved care management, followed by medication events and events related to invasive procedures. Conclusions Detecting variations in AEs among surgical categories can be useful for surgeons and for hospital quality assurance personnel. Documenting the specific AE ...
The supports available for healthcare staff following an adverse event and patients' expectations after such an event are also encompassed to include the relationship open disclosure has on concerns regarding litigious intent. The questionnaire was disseminated to a multidisciplinary healthcare group. The...
Healthcare institutions should provide training for the clinicians in this area, if necessary. As a general rule, patients should be informed of unexpected adverse incidents as soon as possible. Medical staff should be rewarded for adverse event reporting and protected from institutional retaliation on...
The process we used to identify adverse events was adapted from the method proposed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. We used a logistical regression to analyze the association between adverse event occurrence and death, adjusted by case severity. We confirmed 324 adverse events in 115 ...
Introduction After an adverse event, not only do patients and family members become victims, but healthcare professionals involved in the event also suffer. More than 50% of all healthcare professionals suffer emotionally and professionally after being involved in an adverse event. Support is needed...
Being involved in an adverse event or error may also negatively impact the quality of care the clinician subsequently provides, either because of acute emotional distraction or chronic burnout. This can lead to additional errors and a vicious cycle of error, burnout and error. Health care systems...
Rate of adverse event-related treatment changes and Healthcare costs associated with topical Rosacea treatmentBACKGROUND: The presence of adverse events (AEs) associated with topical rosacea agents may lead to a lack of treatment adherence. Previous studies have reported low adherence rates among ...