title: The ICIR--a clinical tool for assessment of critical incidents in various settings.
abstract: The assessment of critical incidents (CI) in hospitals and outpatient services has become a crucial issue in the last decade. There is a growing demand by the authorities and insurance companies to implement strategies and tools to deal with it. A new tool for the assessment of the CI in the setting of psychiatric service - both inpatient and outpatient - is introduced. The tool covers a vast variety of CI, is computerized and user friendly. It enables the data input both for the administrative decision making and individual treatment plan. It can serve also as a basis for analysis and research in the relevant areas.
authors.affiliation: Medical Center For Mental Health Sha'ar Menashe, Israel, affiliated to the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Salganik
authors.forename: Peretz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barak
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rauchberger
authors.forename: Tirza
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sevi
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012308:Risk Management