Hospital patients' reports of medical errors and undesirable events in their health care.

Rachel Davis; Nick Sevdalis; Graham Neale; Rachel Massey; Charles A. Vincent

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Hospital patients' reports of medical errors and undesirable events in their health care.

June 27, 2012

Davis R, Sevdalis N, Neale G, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19(5):875-81.

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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.

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