Hospital patients' reports of medical errors and undesirable events in their health care.
Davis R, Sevdalis N, Neale G, et al. Hospital patients' reports of medical errors and undesirable events in their health care. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19(5):875-81. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01867.x.
This study sought to engage patients in safety efforts by asking them to report errors they experienced during a hospitalization. The authors found that patients identified some unique events that were not documented in the official medical record.