Patient safety: a collaborative, blame-free, team approach.
Establishing a comprehensive radiology patient safety program can help organize and focus patient safety efforts system-wide. This article highlights the process followed in creation of a comprehensive radiology patient safety program at Partners HealthCare System. The key to comprehensive patient safety is talking about errors that happen, learning from them and preventing them from happening again. At Partners, a collaborative, blame-free, team approach is the answer.
Kahlon
Prerna S
PS
Partners Radiology. pskahlon@partners.org
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States