Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · May 2009
[Reporting of patient safety incidents: experience from five years with a national reporting system].
A national reporting system for patient safety incidents (PSI) was introduced in Denmark in 2004. This article describes the experience of the first five years of reporting. The Danish reporting system has the following characteristics: Reporting is mandatory for all healthcare professionals employed at hospitals; reporting is confidential with an option for anonymous reporting; reporting takes place in a non-punitive system. It is concluded that PSI reporting is an important element of a mature safety culture and an important source for qualitative data on an organization's patient safety performance.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · May 2009
[Organisation and reimbursement of surgical practice in Denmark 2004-2008].
The organisation and the reimbursement pattern for surgery in Denmark are relatively unknown. ⋯ The results show increased surgical activity in five common operations and call for intensified monitoring of activity and quality to secure research and further development on a nationwide basis.