The effect of an organizational network for patient safety on safety event reporting.

Lianne Jeffs; Chris Hayes; Orla Smith; Muhammad M Mamdani; Rosane Nisenbaum; Chaim M Bell; Patricia McKernan; Ella Ferris

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The effect of an organizational network for patient safety on safety event reporting.

August 28, 2013

Jeffs L, Hayes C, Smith O, et al. Eval Health Prof. 2014;37(3):366-78.

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An organization-wide patient safety program consisting of open access online educational modules, an online forum for communication, and a reward system, led to a significant increase in voluntary patient safety event reporting. The largest uptick was seen in near miss reporting, which nearly doubled following the intervention.

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