SAMA pitches in to help victims of adverse medical events

ADVERSE EVENTS Surveillance Systems for Adverse Events and Medical Errors

Interventions in health organisations to reduce the impact of adverse events in second and third victims

BACKGROUND Adverse events (AE) are also the cause of suffering in health professionals involved. This study was designed to identify and analyse organization-level strategies adopted in both primary care and hospitals in Spain to address the impact of serious AE on second and third victims. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in healthcare organizations assessing: safety culture; he...

Medical adverse events during patient’s hospitalization at training Hospitals in Kerman

  Introduction: Medical errors are one of important and noticeable challenges of health care, which threaten the health system of all countries. On the other hands this issue is a global, costly with serious complications for patients and society.   Objective: The present study aimed to determine the rate of medical adverse events during patients' hospitalization.   Methods...

Measuring medical errors and adverse events in a hospital using global trigger tool

Background: Medical errors are those mistakes committed by healthcare professionals due to wrong execution of a planned healthcare action or execution of a wrong healthcare action plan whether or not it is harmful to the patient. Medical errors may cause patients to suffer and have huge financial costs for the healthcare system. Identifying and measuring medical errors and adverse events are es...

Overview of medical errors and adverse events

Safety is a global concept that encompasses efficiency, security of care, reactivity of caregivers, and satisfaction of patients and relatives. Patient safety has emerged as a major target for healthcare improvement. Quality assurance is a complex task, and patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are more likely than other hospitalized patients to experience medical errors, due to the complex...