Patient safety monitoring in acute care in a decentralized national health care system: conceptual framework and initial set of actionable indicators.

Labella Barbara; De Blasi Roberta; Raho Vanda; Tozzi Quinto; Caracci Giovanni; Klazinga Niek Sieds; Carinci Fabrizio

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Patient safety monitoring in acute care in a decentralized national health care system: conceptual framework and initial set of actionable indicators.

July 28, 2021

Barbara L, Roberta DB, Vanda R, et al. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(2):e480-e488.

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Patient safety indicators can help hospitals identify and prevent potential adverse events. Researchers in this study developed a conceptual framework for monitoring patient safety and a set of fifteen actionable patient safety indicators.

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