Purpose Preventable patient harm due to adverse events (AEs) is a significant health
problem today facing contemporary health care. Knowledge of patients' experiences of AEs …

Although healthcare quality and patient safety have longstanding international attention, the
target of reducing diagnostic errors has only recently gained prominence, even though …

Diagnostic errors are major contributors to harmful patient outcomes, yet they remain a
relatively understudied and unmeasured area of patient safety. Although they are estimated …

Context An analysis of paid malpractice claims may provide insight into the prevalence and
seriousness of adverse medical events in the outpatient setting. Objective To report and …

Background Patient safety is a quality indicator for primary care and it should be based on
individual needs, and not differ among different social groups. Nevertheless, the attention on …

O objetivo deste artigo foi identificar metodologias utilizadas para avaliação de incidentes
na atenção primária à saúde, os tipos, seus fatores contribuintes e as soluções para tornar a …

Background Evidence suggests that patients can report a variety of adverse events (AEs) not
captured by traditional methods such as a chart review. Little is known, however, about …

The aim of this study was to identify methodologies to evaluate incidents in primary health
care, types of incidents, contributing factors, and solutions to make primary care safer. A …

Background Patient safety gained widespread public attention in the last 20 years. However,
most patient safety research relied upon professionals' exceptions and was realised …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Although health care organizations (HCOs) are intensely
focused on improving the safety of health care, efforts to date have almost exclusively …