A review of clinical risk management.
Current literature has a plethora of information regarding medical errors, what causes them, how to reduce them and the impact they have on patients, staff and health-care organisations. The objective of this paper was to give a summary of the current findings of recent studies and articles, including worldwide initiatives to reduce medical errors, the trend to identify system issues that result in medical error rather than the focus on individual blame, the impact of technological changes and current medical advances, litigation and law suits.
Misson
J C
JC
Planning and Quality Unit, Bendigo Health Care Group, PO Box 126, Bendigo, Victoria 3552, Australia. jmisson@bendigohealth.org.au
D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013597:Systems Analysis; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States