title: Measuring patient safety in a UK dental hospital: development of a dental clinical effectiveness dashboard.
abstract: Patient safety is an important marker of quality for any healthcare organisation. In 2008, the British Government white paper entitled High quality care for all, resulting from a review led by Lord Darzi, identified patient safety as a key component of quality and discussed how it might be measured, analysed and acted upon. National and local clinically curated metrics were suggested, which could be displayed via a 'clinical dashboard'. This paper explains the development of a clinical effectiveness dashboard focused on patient safety in an English dental hospital and how it has helped us identify relevant patient safety issues in secondary dental care.
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Oral Medicine, Clinical Head of Division, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pemberton
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Associate Clinical Head of Division, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ashley
authors.affiliation: Clinical Effectiveness Manager, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.affiliation: Divisional Director, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Oral Surgery, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6FH.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saksena
mesh_terms: D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D006113:United Kingdom