Patient Safety Indicator Sets: Prioritization, Decision-Making Considering Healthcare Resilience, and Implementation Success.

ABSTRACT: Patient safety indicators are core measures for improving healthcare. We aimed to conceptualize the prioritization of such indicators and the requirements for developing a core set of nationwide, valid, low-bureaucracy patient safety indicators. We also aimed to develop a decision aid for adapting the core set to strengthen the resilience of healthcare provision with respect to crisis situations and to identify factors related to successful implementation. A hybrid focus group design of 4 guided online focus group interviews was used by combining a semi-structured discussion and supporting materials, including questionnaires. The data were analyzed using content and descriptive analysis. A framework for prioritizing patient safety indicators for core set development and adaptation was deve

SUBMITTER: Kuske S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12925005 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature