Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: A Delphi survey

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Thomson, Richard ^a   Lewalle, Pierre ^b   Sherman, Heather ^c   Hibbert, Peter ^d   Runciman, William ^e   Castro, Gerard ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Joint Commission   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Conceptual framework; Delphi survey; Incident; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION FOR PATIENT SAFETY; INTERNET; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58849121413     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn055     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Mills DH(ed). Medical insurance feasibility study. A technical summary. West J Med 1978;128:360-5.
2. Kohn LT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS (eds). To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Washington DC: National Academies Press, 2000.
3. Department of Health. An Organisation with a Memory - Report of an Expert Group on Learning from Adverse Events in the NHS Chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. London: The Stationery Of.ce, 2000.
4. Runciman WB, Moller J. Iatrogenic Injury in Australia. Adelaide: Australian Patient Safety Foundation, 2001. http://www.apsf.net.au.
5. Sherman H, Castro G, Fletcher M, Hatlie M, Hibbert P, Jakob R, Koss R, Lewalle P, Loeb J, Perneger T, Runciman W, Thomson R, van der Schaaf T, Virtanen M. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: the conceptual framework. Int J Qual Health Care (in press).
6. World Health Organization. World Alliance for Patient Safety: Forward Programme 2005. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004. www.who.int/ patientsafety/en/brochure_final.pdf.
7. National Patient Safety Agency, UK. National Reporting and Learning System. http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/patient-safety-incident-data/.
8. Runciman WB, Williamson JA, Deakin A, Benveniste KA, Bannon K, Hibbert PD. An integrated framework for safety, quality and risk management: An information and incident management system based on a universal patient safety classification. Qual Saf Health Care 2006;15(Suppl 1):82-90.
9. van der Schaaf TW. PRISMA-Medical. A Brief Description. Eindhoven: Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Technology Management, Patient Safety Systems, 2005. http://www.who-ic4ps.org/resources/ PRISMA-Medical.pdf.
10. Chang A, Schyve PM, Croteau RJ, O'Leary DS, Loeb JM. The JCAHO patient safety event taxonomy: A standardized terminology and classification schema for near misses and adverse events. Int J Qual Health Care 2005;17:95-105.
11. Brown B. Delphi Process: A Methodology Used for the Elicitation of Opinions of Experts. September 1968.
12. Runciman W, Hibbert P, Thomson R, van der Schaaf T, Sherman H, Lewalle P. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: Key concepts and terms. Int J Qual Health Care (in press).
13. Donaldson LJ. In terms of safety. Int J Qual Health Care 2006; 18:325-6. http://www.surveymonkey.com/ ©1999-2007.
14. Survey Monkey. http://www.surveymonkey.com ©1999-2007.
15. WHO International Classification for Patient Safety (v.1.0) for Use in Field Testing in 2007-2008 (ICPS). 2007. http://www.who.int/ patientsafety/taxonomy/icps_form/en/index.html.
16. Kanse L, van der Schaaf TW, Vrijland ND, van Mierlo H. Error recovery in a hospital pharmacy. Ergonomics 2006;49: 503-16.
17. World Health Organization. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), 2nd edn. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2001. http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en/ (accessed 27 October 2008).