Patient safety incident reporting: A qualitative study of thoughts and perceptions of experts 15 years after 'To Err is Human'

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 92-99

  Mitchell, Imogen ^a   Schuster, Anne ^b   Smith, Katherine ^b   Pronovost, Peter ^c   Wu, Albert ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ERROR; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MATURATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955323245     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004405     Document Type: Article

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