Ormsby Jason Derek
Department of Health Systems Administration, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
New Solut. 2013 Jan 1;23(2):315-25. doi: 10.2190/NS.23.2.g.
Within the United States a number of federal and state legislative efforts, federal agency regulatory initiatives, and public/private policy efforts have attempted to improve patient safety or health care worker safety, but these initiatives have typically not been linked, in either conceptual development or implementation. Recently, policymakers and stakeholders have acknowledged that the two areas are inherently connected and that efforts to improve safety for frontline health care workers have not been adequately coordinated with initiatives addressing patient safety. Experts at prominent organizations recommend that subsequent discussions involve the integration of patient and worker safety advocates and strategies. This article was commissioned to stimulate discussion at a recent workshop in which nationally recognized patient and worker safety advocates participated in an open forum with discussion focused on policies impacting the U.S. hospital sector, resulting in an overall assessment of efforts in both areas and recommendations to integrate future policy strategies.
在美国，一些联邦和州的立法举措、联邦机构的监管行动以及公共/私人政策行动都试图改善患者安全或医护人员安全，但这些举措在概念发展或实施过程中通常都没有联系起来。最近，政策制定者和利益相关者已经认识到这两个领域本质上是相互关联的，而且改善一线医护人员安全的努力与解决患者安全问题的举措之间缺乏充分协调。知名组织的专家建议，后续讨论应纳入患者和医护人员安全倡导者及策略。本文受委托撰写，旨在推动在最近一次研讨会上展开讨论，在该研讨会上，全国知名的患者和医护人员安全倡导者参加了一个开放论坛，讨论聚焦于影响美国医院部门的政策，从而对这两个领域的努力进行全面评估，并提出整合未来政策策略的建议。
