Analysis of Patient Safety Incidents in Primary Care Reported in an Electronic Registry Application.

ABSTRACT: (1) To describe the epidemiology of patient safety (PS) incidents registered in an electronic notification system in primary care (PC) health centres; (2) to define a risk map; and (3) to identify the critical areas where intervention is needed. Descriptive analytical study of incidents reported from 1 January to 31 December 2018, on the TPSC Cloud™ platform (The Patient Safety Company) accessible from the corporate website (Intranet) of the regional public health service. 24 Catalan Institute of Health PC health centres of the Tarragona region (Spain). Professionals from the PC health centres and a Patient Safety Functional Unit. Data obtained from records voluntarily submitted to an electronic, standardised and anonymised form. Data recorded: healthcare unit, notifier, type of incident,

SUBMITTER: Gens-Barbera M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8430626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature