TY - JOUR
T1 - The environmental context of patient safety and medical errors
AU - Wholey, Douglas
AU - Moscovice, Ira
AU - Hietpas, Terry
AU - Holtzman, Jeremy
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - The environmental context of patient safety and medical errors was explored with specific interest in rural settings. Special attention was paid to unique features of rural health care organizations and their environment that relate to the patient safety issue and medical errors (including the distribution of patients, types of adverse events associated with learning, information flows, triage and transfer decisions, and culture of safety). Relevant organizational theories and strategies for medical error reduction and prevention in rural health care settings were identified. Financial and technical assistance are needed to support the systematic collection of data from rural hospitals and other entities and to enhance relevant patient safety practices for rural America.
AB - The environmental context of patient safety and medical errors was explored with specific interest in rural settings. Special attention was paid to unique features of rural health care organizations and their environment that relate to the patient safety issue and medical errors (including the distribution of patients, types of adverse events associated with learning, information flows, triage and transfer decisions, and culture of safety). Relevant organizational theories and strategies for medical error reduction and prevention in rural health care settings were identified. Financial and technical assistance are needed to support the systematic collection of data from rural hospitals and other entities and to enhance relevant patient safety practices for rural America.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00044.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00044.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15551847
AN - SCOPUS:6344229313
SN - 0890-765X
VL - 20
SP - 304
EP - 313
JO - Journal of Rural Health
JF - Journal of Rural Health
IS - 4
ER -