The recent biomedical, technological, and normative changes have led healthcare
organizations to the implementation of clinical governance as a way to ensure the best …

Similarly to the industrial sector in the late 1980s, nowadays leading organizations in the
healthcare sector acknowledge the fact that human errors, adverse events and system …

Similarly to the industry sector in the late'80s, nowadays leading organisations in the
healthcare sector acknowledge the fact that human errors and system failures can never be …

The work in patient safety is often centred on adverse events and errors. Typical methods to
improve patient safety are reactive and focus on understanding past failures. This article …

Objective: To improve the safety and quality of patient care in hospitals by shaping clinical
pathways throughout the patient journey. Study Setting: A risk model designed for …

Safety in healthcare is a relatively recent field, but has received considerable attention over
the past 15 years. Healthcare organisations have been encouraged to learn from safety …

Clinical risk management can be defined or described either in terms of its form or its
function–through the processes involved or the outcomes it is intended to produce. For the …

Executive summary High-risk industries–such as aviation, oil and gas, and mining–are
distinguished by their use of proactive methods for detecting hazards and managing risks …

Risk analysis techniques received increasing attention in the health care sector in the last 30
years. These techniques are diffused for health care processes, and less for devices. In fact …

Background The complexity of health care systems, the development of clinical approaches,
and both scientific and technological advancements give rise to new requirements in clinical …