Hosford Steven B
Phoenix Consultants Inc.
Hosp Top. 2008 Winter;86(1):9-19. doi: 10.3200/HTPS.86.1.9-20.
Millions of Americans are harmed each year from medical errors. New patient safety standards, voluntary and mandatory error reporting, and increased public awareness have been interventions to improve patient safety. The author performed a survey of 145 hospital administrators from 48 states using the Baldrige 2006 Heath Care Criteria for Performance Excellence to investigate quality improvement efforts to reduce medical errors. Hospital administrators reported significant progress in implementing quality improvement processes that have reduced medical errors. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) accreditation was an effective intervention to drive efforts to reduce medical errors, whereas state medical error reporting and public awareness were not effective interventions.
每年有数百万美国人因医疗失误而受到伤害。新的患者安全标准、自愿和强制的失误报告以及公众意识的提高都是旨在改善患者安全的干预措施。作者使用2006年鲍德里奇卓越绩效医疗保健标准，对来自48个州的145名医院管理人员进行了一项调查，以研究减少医疗失误的质量改进措施。医院管理人员报告称，在实施减少医疗失误的质量改进流程方面取得了显著进展。医疗组织认证联合委员会（JCAHO）的认证是推动减少医疗失误工作的有效干预措施，而州医疗失误报告和公众意识则不是有效的干预措施。
