Patient and caregiver factors in ambulatory incident reports: a mixed-methods analysis.

Anjana E. Sharma; Beatrice Huang; Jan Bing Del Rosario; Janine Yang; W John Boscardin; Urmimala Sarkar

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Patient and caregiver factors in ambulatory incident reports: a mixed-methods analysis.

November 24, 2021

Sharma AE, Huang B, Del Rosario JB, et al. BMJ Open Qual. 2021;10(3):e001421.

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Patients and caregivers play an essential role in safe ambulatory care. This mixed-methods analysis of ambulatory safety reports identified three themes related to patient and caregivers factors contributing to events – (1) clinical advice conflicting with patient priorities, (2) breakdowns in communication and patient education contributing to medication adverse events, and (3) the fact that patients with disabilities are vulnerable to due to the external environment.

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