Underreporting of patient safety incidents reduces health care's ability to quantify and accurately measure harm reduction

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-250

  Noble, Douglas J ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; diagnostic errors; health policy; Reporting; risk

Indexed keywords

HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MARYLAND; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650418398     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181fd1697     Document Type: Review

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