Integrating equity into incident reporting and patient concerns systems: a critical interpretive synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital incident reporting and patient concerns systems are widely used to detect and respond to patient harm. Despite increasing recognition of the link between equity and safety, equity remains poorly integrated into the design and function of these systems. Consequently, these systems risk obscuring or reproducing inequities rather than revealing and attending to them.

Objective

To examine how issues of equity are currently considered in research about hospital incident reporting and patient concerns systems and identify opportunities to more systematically include equity in how patient safety is addressed.

Methods

A critical interpretive synthesis was conducted to develop a theoretical understanding of the topic through inductive analysis and interpret

SUBMITTER: Goldman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12772623 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature