title: Safety of clinical systems: health foundation finds cause for concern.
abstract: John Tingle discusses a report by the Health Foundation on the safety of clinical systems. This identifies the prevalence of problems, many of which have serious implications for patient safety, and the points at which they occur. Problems include missing patient information, incorrect medication dosages poor communication and missing or faulty equipment. Staff often consider system failure to be the norm; instead, they should raise problems to keep patients safer.
authors.affiliation: Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tingle
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom