Challenges and opportunities of patient safety event reporting.

Yang Gong

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Challenges and opportunities of patient safety event reporting.

July 13, 2022

Gong Y. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022;291:133-150.

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Reporting incidents and errors is a cornerstone of patient safety improvement efforts, but challenges remain, including low quality of reports and low rates of reporting. This article discusses the technological challenges of incident reporting and offers recommendations to improve usability in future reporting systems.

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