AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Using a quantitative risk register to promote learning from a patient safety reporting system.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Using a quantitative risk register to promote learning from a patient safety reporting system.

Mansfield JG, Caplan RA, Campos JS, Dreis DF, Furman C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015;41:76-86.

Incident reporting systems are a popular method for hospitals to detect patient safety hazards, but their effectiveness is unclear. This study describes a taxonomy for organizing and prioritizing safety hazards identified through voluntary error reporting systems.

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