Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: a systematic review.

Jill Hall; Maggie Peat; Yvonne Birks; Su Golder; PIPS Group; Vikki Entwistle; Simon Gilbody; Peter Mansell; Dorothy McCaughan; Trevor Sheldon; Ian Watt; Brian Williams; John Wright

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Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: a systematic review.

June 2, 2010

Hall J, Peat M, Birks Y, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(5):e10.

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This systematic review found limited evidence linking engagement of patients in safety to improved safety or clinical outcomes, with the exception of programs to encourage self-management of oral anticoagulants.

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