What can safety cases offer for patient safety? A multisite case study.

Elisa Giulia Liberati; Graham P Martin; Guillaume Lamé; Justin Waring; Carolyn Tarrant; Janet Willars; Mary Dixon-Woods

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What can safety cases offer for patient safety? A multisite case study.

October 11, 2023

Liberati EG, Martin GP, Lamé G, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2024;33(3):156-165.

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“Safety cases” are used in healthcare and other industries to communicate the safety of a product, system, or service. In this study, researchers use the “safety case” approach to evaluate the safety of the Safer Clinical Systems program, which is designed to improve the safety and reliability of clinical pathways.

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