Patient safety and legal regulations: a total-scale analysis of the scientific literature.

Andy Wai Kan Yeung; Maria Kletecka-Pulker; Elisabeth Klager; Fabian Eibensteiner; Klara Doppler; Amer El-Kerdi; Harald Willschke; Sabine Völkl-Kernstock; Atanas G Atanasov

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Patient safety and legal regulations: a total-scale analysis of the scientific literature.

October 19, 2022

Yeung AWK, Kletecka-Pulker M, Klager E, et al. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(7):e1116-e1123.

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Legal and policy approaches are used to achieve sustained safety improvements. This review characterized the body of evidence regarding patient safety and its legal implications. Four approaches to improving safety were commonly covered in the literature – liability system reforms, new forms of regulation, increased transparency, and financial incentives.

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