Development of the prototype concise safe systems checklist tool for general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the course of producing a patient safety toolkit for primary care, we identified the need for a concise safe-systems checklist designed to address areas of patient safety which are under-represented in mandatory requirements and existing tools. This paper describes the development of a prototype checklist designed to be used in busy general practice environments to provide an overview of key patient safety related processes and prompt practice wide-discussion.

Methods

An extensive narrative review and a survey of world-wide general practice organisations were used to identify existing primary care patient safety issues and tools. A RAND panel of international experts rated the results, summarising the findings for importance and relevance. The checklist was cre

SUBMITTER: Litchfield I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7296969 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature