L'erreur en médecine ambulatoire: comment l'aborder. [Error in ambulatory medicine: how to deal with it?]
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_73299B065467
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
L'erreur en médecine ambulatoire: comment l'aborder. [Error in ambulatory medicine: how to deal with it?]
Journal
Revue médicale suisse
ISSN
1660-9379
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2007
Volume
3
Number
135
Pages
2702-4, 2706-9
Language
french
Notes
http://titan.medhyg.ch/mh/formation/article.php3?sid=32718
Abstract
Medical errors compromise patient safety in ambulatory practice. These errors must be faced in a framework that reduces to a minimum their consequences for the patients. This approach relies on the implementation of a new culture without stigmatization and where errors are disclosed to the patients; this culture implies the build up of a system for reporting errors associated to an in-depth analysis of the system, looking for root causes and insufficient barriers with the aim to fix them. A useful education tool is the "critical situations" meeting during which physicians are encouraged to openly present adverse events and "near misses". Their analysis, with supportive attitude towards involved staff members, allows to reveal systems failures within the institution or the private practice.
Keywords
Adult, Ambulatory Care, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Lateral Medullary Syndrome, Medical Errors, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Quality of Health Care, Risk Factors, Risk Management, Safety Management
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