Lessons learnt from a 2017 Irish national clinical claims review: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Learning from adverse outcomes in health and social care is critical to advancing a culture of patient safety and reducing the likelihood of future preventable harm to service users. This review aims to present an overview of all clinical claims finalised in one calendar year involving publicly funded health and social care providers in Ireland.

Design

This is a retrospective observational study. The Clinical Risk Unit (CRU) of the State Claims Agency identified all service-user clinical claims finalised between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017 from Ireland's National Incident Management System (n=713). Claims that had incurred financial damages were considered for further analysis (n=356). 202 claims underwent an in-depth qualitative review. Of these, 57 relate

SUBMITTER: Power KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409236 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature