Building safer systems by ecological design: using restoration science to develop a medication safety intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experts call for stronger safety cultures and transparent reporting practices to increase medication safety in today's strained healthcare environments. The field of ecological restoration is concerned with the effective, efficient, and sustainable repair and recovery of ecosystems that have been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. A study was undertaken to determine whether the lessons of restoration science can be adapted to the study of medication safety issues.

Methods

Working with 26 practitioners, the principles of good restoration were used to design and pilot an innovative multifaceted medication safety intervention. The intervention included focus groups with practitioners, the construction and administration of a research based medication safety inventory,

SUBMITTER: Marck PB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2464837 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature