Safety analysis over time: Seven major changes to adverse event investigation

Implementation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Vincent, Charles ^a   Carthey, Jane ^b   Macrae, Carl ^a   Amalberti, Rene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Jane Carthey Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

Author keywords

Incident analysis; Patient safety; Safety interventions

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85039867534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0695-4     Document Type: Article

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