ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2012
Reasons for not reporting patient safety incidents in general practice: a qualitative study.
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- Using Incident Reporting Systems to Improve Patient Safety and Quality of Care.Global journal on quality and safety in healthcare · 2024Article
- Assessment of the organizational factors in incident management practices in healthcare: A tree augmented Naive Bayes model.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Practice, perceived barriers and motivating factors to medical-incident reporting: a cross-section survey of health care providers at Mbarara regional referral hospital, southwestern Uganda.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Blame the Patient, Blame the Doctor or Blame the System? A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies of Patient Safety in Primary Care.PloS one · 2015Article
- Prospective risk analysis and incident reporting for better pharmaceutical care at paediatric hospital discharge.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2014Article
- Barriers to the operation of patient safety incident reporting systems in korean general hospitals.Healthcare informatics research · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the reasons for not reporting patient safety incidents in general practice.
designQualitative interviews with general practitioners and members of the project group.
settingGeneral practice clinics in the Region of Northern Jutland in Denmark. SUBJECTS: Twelve general practitioners.
main outcome measuresThe experiences and reflections of the involved professionals with regard to system use and non-use.
resultsWhile most respondents were initially positive towards the idea of reporting and learning from patient safety incidents, they actually reported very few incidents. The major reasons for the low reporting rates are found to be a perceived lack of practical usefulness, issues of time and effort in a busy clinic with competing priorities, and considerations of appropriateness in relation to other professionals.
conclusionThe results suggest that the visions of formal, comprehensive, and systematic reporting of (and learning from) patient safety incidents will be quite difficult to realize in general practice. Future studies should investigate how various ways of organizing incident reporting at the regional level influence local activities of reporting and learning in general practice.
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