| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 155 pages). |
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text file |
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Technical report ; 383
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-383.
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| Note |
"Prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality." |
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"RAND Health." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Data collection and analytic methods -- Administrative characteristics of adverse event reporting systems -- Defining reportable events -- Data elements: information about reportable events collected by states -- Existing medical standards applicable to adverse event reporting -- Design and implementation of an adverse medical events reporting system: the views of patient safety experts -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A: Creating analytic files or worksheets -- Appendix B: Summary of information collected about each state system (including Maryland) -- Appendix C: Hierarchical categorization of reportable adverse events. |
| Summary |
Nearly half of states require or request the reporting of adverse medical events. In 2003, the Institute of Medicine (Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard of Care) called for the use of consistent standards for medical error reporting. Standardization will facilitate the creation of a national patient safety repository that aggregates data from states and enable policymakers to track trends in adverse events nationally. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is leading the national Patient Safety Initiative to combat medical errors. This report summarizes the results of an AHRQ sponsored 50-state survey of adverse reporting systems in 2004. It documents the consistency of information that states are collecting as part of their reporting systems, identifies issues related to establishing a national patient safety repository, and presents an action plan to implement a standardized nationwide system elicited from an external advisory panel that was convened explicitly for this purpose. |
| Funding |
Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ; conducted in R AND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation HHSP233200400145U |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Medical errors -- Reporting -- United States -- States.
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Medical errors -- Reporting. |
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United States. |
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Medical errors -- Reporting -- Standards -- United States.
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Medical errors -- Code words.
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Medical errors. |
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Medical errors -- Code numbers.
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Lists -- Code numbers.
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Lists -- Code words.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
RAND Health, author.
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United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, sponsoring body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Review of current state-level adverse medical event reporting practices. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., ©2006 9780833039910 (DLC) 2006022126 (OCoLC)70256557 |
| ISBN |
9780833060006 (electronic book) |
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0833060007 (electronic book) |
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9780833039910 (paperback) |
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0833039911 (paperback) |
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