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Adverse event reporting: harnessing residents to improve patient safety.

Tevis SE, Schmocker RK, Wetterneck TB. Adverse Event Reporting. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(4):294-298. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000333.

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November 8, 2017
Tevis SE, Schmocker RK, Wetterneck TB. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(4):294-298.
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Physicians are known to underuse voluntary incident reporting systems in hospitals. After implementing a patient safety orientation for resident physicians and simplifying their reporting system, investigators observed a 230% increase in trainee incident reports in one hospital. A prior WebM&M commentary discussed the value of incident reporting for errors and near misses.

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Tevis SE, Schmocker RK, Wetterneck TB. Adverse Event Reporting. J Patient Saf. 2020;16(4):294-298. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000333.

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