Improving patient safety reporting with the common formats: common data representation for Patient Safety Organizations.

Peter L. Elkin; Henry C. Johnson; Michael R. Callahan; David Classen

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Improving patient safety reporting with the common formats: common data representation for Patient Safety Organizations.

November 16, 2016

Elkin PL, Johnson HC, Callahan MR, et al. J Biomed Inform. 2016;64:116-121.

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Centralized reporting of adverse events data is seen as a cornerstone to learning and safety improvement. This commentary introduces the Patient Safety Organization program, including its work to collect data using the standardized common formats system and the future role of the program.

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