The Environmental Context of Patient Safety and Medical Errors

Autor/inn/en	Wholey, Douglas; Moscovice, Ira; Hietpas, Terry; Holtzman, Jeremy
Titel	The Environmental Context of Patient Safety and Medical Errors
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Health, 20 (2004) 4, S.304-313 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-765X
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00044.x
Schlagwörter	Technical Assistance; Rural Areas; Organizational Theories; Hospitals; Safety; Medical Education; Patients + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technische Hilfe; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Organisationstheorie; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Sicherheit; Medizinische Ausbildung; Patient
Abstract	The environmental context of patient safety and medical errors was explored with specific interest in rural settings. Special attention was paid to unique features of rural health care organizations and their environment that relate to the patient safety issue and medical errors (including the distribution of patients, types of adverse events associated with learning, information flows, triage and transfer decisions, and culture of safety). Relevant organizational theories and strategies for medical error reduction and prevention in rural health care settings were identified. Financial and technical assistance are needed to support the systematic collection of data from rural hospitals and other entities and to enhance relevant patient safety practices for rural America. (Author).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Health Association, One West Armour Blvd, Ste 203, Kansas City, Mo. 64111.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10