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Patient Safety and Healthcare Error in the Canadian Healthcare System

其他書名	A Systematic Review and Analysis of Leading Practices in Canada with Reference to Key Initiatives Elsewhere : a Report to Health Canada
出版	Health Canada, 2002
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TKoBtwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Patient safety has become an important health care issue but there is limited knowledge about the incidence of adverse events & health care error in Canadian health care, and little knowledge about current initiatives to improve patient safety. This report addresses these issues through three major components: a literature review; surveys of individuals currently working on patient safety efforts in Canada; and, based on these materials, an analysis of the gaps between current patient safety practices in Canada and leading work elsewhere. The literature review is extensive & annotated, with particular attention paid to the Canadian literature, and includes a specific examination of the medical-legal literature that discusses relevant issues in patient safety & liability. The survey captured data from organizations that deliver care, professional organizations, and those involved with policy in this area. The two survey methods, mailed questionnaires & telephone interviews, produced consistent & complementary findings that picture the present efforts & challenges in patient safety in Canada. Based on this work & from the results of the surveys, the literature, and the authors' own experience and expertise, a series of recommendations are made that will provide guidance for future directions useful to those interested in patient safety and will serve to accelerate the work in this area.