Patient safety: the what, how, and when

Roxie M Albrecht

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.09.003

Patient safety: the what, how, and when

Am J Surg. 2015 Dec;210(6):978-82. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Oct 22.

Author

Roxie M Albrecht¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Blvd., WP2140, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. Electronic address: roxie-albrecht@ouhsc.edu.

PMID: 26522775
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.09.003

Abstract

Patient safety is a construct that implies behavior intended to minimize the risk of harm to patients through effectiveness and individual performance designed to avoid injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has made patient safety a focused area in the new Clinical Learning Environment Review process. This lecture will focus on definitions of patient safety terminology; describe the culture of patient safety and a just culture; discuss what to report, who to report it too, and methods of conducting patient safety investigations.

Keywords: CLER review process; Patient safety; Safety culture.

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Congresses as Topic
General Surgery*
Humans
Organizational Culture
Patient Safety*
Societies, Medical
United States