Getting Results In Patient Safety. A New Era of Event Reporting
Terry, J., & Daughenbaugh, P. (Feb. 10, 2010). GE Healthcare.
Abstract
Patient safety has been front and center since the Institute of Medicine released its landmark report, Too Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, in 1999. Progress since then, while in some cases substantial, has often failed to match the level of urgency. The urgency of improving safety is only increasing, especially since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in October 2008 stopped reimbursement for care resulting from several “never events” and hospital-acquired illnesses.
Today, GE Healthcare, in collaboration with MERS International, offers a systematic approach to patient safety that holds out the promise of delivering substantial and consistent results.