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The nature of reported safety events related to care coordination in the operating room setting in a tertiary academic center.
November 17, 2021
Krishnan S, Wheeler KK, Pimentel MP, et al. J Healthc Risk Manag. 2022;41(3):25-29.
Incident reporting systems are used to detect patient safety concerns and determine potential causes and opportunities for improvements. In the perioperative setting of one hospital, insufficient handoffs were the most common event type in the “coordination of care” category. Use of structured handoffs is recommended to improve communication and patient safety.
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