Health care errors resulting in patient harm are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
the United States, although there is no national reporting of such occurrences. A number of …

Objectives Patient safety has received increased attention in recent years, but mostly with a
focus on the epidemiology of errors and adverse events, rather than on practices that reduce …

The 140 articles in the 4-volume set represent the efforts of AHRQ-funded patient safety
researchers as well as the patient safety initiatives of other parts of the Federal Government …

This publication of the World Health Organization aims to outline the future direction of
patient safety research across the globe. Patient safety research does not have the benefit of …

Objective To describe cardiac surgery-related incidents and compare the types and severity
of incidents occurring in the operating room (OR) versus non-OR locations. We …

The body of scientific research on errors and adverse events in medicine is notable for both
its diversity and its uniformity. Sociologists, psychologists, physicians, epidemiologists …

Patient safety is a global issue affecting countries at all levels of development. Although
estimates of the size of the problem are scarce, particularly in developing and transitional …

Underreporting of patient safety incidents creates a reservoir of information that is plagued
with epidemiological bias. These include systematic biases such as the practice of reporting …

There is a growing awareness that risk identification plays an important role in the
investigation of actual and potential harm to patients. Although current risk identification …

Error Reduction in Health Care Completely revised and updated, this second edition of Error
Reduction in Health Care offers a step-by-step guide for implementing the recommendations …