Lessons from the TAPS study--recall and reminder systems.
The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study collected 648 anonymous reports about threats to patient safety from a representative random sample of Australian general practitioners. These contained any events the GPs felt should not have happened and would not want to happen again, regardless of who was at fault or the outcome of the event. THis series of articles presents clinical lessons resulting from the TAPS study.
Makeham
Meredith A B
MA
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales. m.makeham@unsw.edu.au
Saltman
Deborah C
DC
Kidd
Michael R
MR
D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017010:Reminder Systems; D017751:Safety Management