Framework for direct observation of performance and safety in healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Framework for direct observation of performance and safety in healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published July 2017

Framework for direct observation of performance and safety in healthcare.

Catchpole K, Neyens DM, Abernathy J, Allison D, Joseph A, Reeves ST. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26:1015-1021.

Efforts to measure and monitor patient safety improvement can help reveal how work is actually done. This commentary reviews observational study techniques to provide a framework and interactions to consider for researchers seeking to develop observational studies in health care.

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