Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Jan 2015
[Patient safety in Sweden].
This article describes the patient safety work in Sweden and the cooperation between the Nordic countries in the area of patient safety. It depicts the national infrastructure, methods and partners in patient safety work as well as the development in key areas. Since 2000, the interest in patient safety and quality issues has significantly increased. ⋯ The Nordic collaboration in this field currently focuses on the development of indicators and quality measurement with respect to nosocomial infections, harm in inpatient somatic care, patient safety culture, hospital mortality and polypharmacy in the elderly. The Nordic collaboration is driven by the development, exchange and documentation of experiences and evidence on patient safety indicators. The work presented in this article is only a part of the Swedish and the Nordic efforts related to patient safety and provides an interesting insight into how this work can be carried out.
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Jan 2015
[Systemic error analysis as a key element of clinical risk management].
Systemic error analysis plays a key role in clinical risk management. This includes all clinical and administrative activities which identify, assess and reduce the risks of damage to patients and to the organization. The clinical risk management is an integral part of quality management. ⋯ It focuses on the analysis of the following contributory factors: patient factors, task and process factors, individual factors, team factors, occupational and environmental factors, psychological factors, organizational and management factors and institutional context. Organizations can only learn from mistakes by analyzing these factors systemically and developing appropriate corrective actions. This article describes the fundamentals and implementation of the method at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.