What is preventable harm in healthcare? A systematic review of definitions.

Mohammed Nabhan; Tarig Elraiyah; Daniel R. Brown; James Dilling; Annie LeBlanc; Victor M. Montori; Timothy I. Morgenthaler; James M. Naessens; Larry Prokop; Veronique Roger; Stephen Swensen; Rodney L. Thompson; Hassan Murad

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What is preventable harm in healthcare? A systematic review of definitions.

August 8, 2012

Nabhan M, Elraiyah T, Brown DR, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:128.

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This systematic review found seven different definitions of preventable harm used in the patient safety literature, but none were considered to be more valid or reliable than the others.

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