TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving patients' safety locally
T2 - Changing clinician behaviour
AU - Cook, D. J.
AU - Montori, V. M.
AU - McMullin, J. P.
AU - Finfer, S. R.
AU - Rocker, G. M.
PY - 2004/4/10
Y1 - 2004/4/10
N2 - Safety initiatives in hospitals should focus on common health care interventions that when used appropriately can improve important health outcomes, and when used inappropriately or not at all, result in substantial harm. We suggest that errors of omission should be a safety priority. We focus on preventive health care interventions, and describe five steps that can improve patients' safety by changing clinician behaviour. The steps are to: do an environmental scan; understand current behaviour, target behaviour for change (why, what, when, where, and who); adopt effective strategies to change behaviour; and synergise.
AB - Safety initiatives in hospitals should focus on common health care interventions that when used appropriately can improve important health outcomes, and when used inappropriately or not at all, result in substantial harm. We suggest that errors of omission should be a safety priority. We focus on preventive health care interventions, and describe five steps that can improve patients' safety by changing clinician behaviour. The steps are to: do an environmental scan; understand current behaviour, target behaviour for change (why, what, when, where, and who); adopt effective strategies to change behaviour; and synergise.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15955-2
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15955-2
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15081657
AN - SCOPUS:1842686101
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 363
SP - 1224
EP - 1230
JO - Lancet
JF - Lancet
IS - 9416
ER -