Anticipating patient safety events in psychiatric care.

Maria C. Yerstein; DEEPIKA SUNDARARAJ; Marissa McClean; David S. Kroll

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Anticipating patient safety events in psychiatric care.

February 7, 2024

Yerstein MC, SUNDARARAJ DEEPIKA, McClean M, et al. J Psychiatr Pract. 2024;30(1):68-72.

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Incident reporting systems can provide insights into the factors contributing to patient harm and offer opportunities for shared learning. In this retrospective study, researchers evaluated safety incidents reported using the Psychiatry Morbidity and Mortality Incident Reporting Tool (PMMIRT) and proposed a revised categorization to better understand the types of safety incidents encountered in psychiatric care.

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