title: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.
abstract: All medical personnel are concerned with patient safety. Nurses are well positioned, with their constant interaction with patients, to observe for errors and to analyze the systems that led to those errors. The Patient Safety and Information Act, legislation passed in 2005, encourages voluntary reporting of errors without fear of retribution. Data, stripped of identifiers, will be maintained by public or private entities. The analysis of the information collected will be used to improve medical systems and practice.
authors.affiliation: North Texas Orthopaedic Specialists, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinnaman
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004282:Documentation; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States