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A review of the Office of Inspector General's reports on adverse event identification and reporting.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21506202     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Office of Inspector General published a series of four reports from 2008 to 2010 after investigating the frequency and financial impact of "never events" on Medicare recipients. This series investigated healthcare's ability to identify the occurrence of these events and yielded a detailed analysis of data that must, or at least should, be reviewed to fully understand the clinical risks affecting organizations. These reports also shed light on the reality that there remains gross underreporting of adverse events in healthcare and begs several questions about healthcare's current efforts to fully identify and understand risk. This article summarizes the reports and considers their risk management implications, particularly regarding adverse events.
Authors:
Christopher L Howe
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1074-4797     ISO Abbreviation:  J Healthc Risk Manag     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9305245     Medline TA:  J Healthc Risk Manag     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  48-54     Citation Subset:  H    
Copyright Information:
© 2011 American Society for Healthcare Risk Management of the American Hospital Association.
Affiliation:
Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, South Carolina.
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