Assessing the role of regulatory bodies in assuring patient safety and the quality of health care in Europe: an analysis of vignettes of medical errors and professional issues

In Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America identified the critical role of information technology in designing a health system that produces care that is “safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable” (Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, 2001, p. 164). A subsequent IOM report contends that improved information systems are essential to a new health care delivery system that “both prevents errors and learns from them when they occur” (Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety, 2004, p. 1). This review specifically highlights the role of informatics processes and information technology in promoting patient safety and summarizes relevant nursing research. First, the components of an informatics infrastructure for patient safety are described within the context of the national framework for delivering consumer-centric and information-rich health care and using the National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) (Thompson & Brailer, 2004). Second, relevant nursing research is summarized; this includes research studies that contributed to the development of selected infrastructure components as well as studies specifically focused on patient safety. Third, knowledge gaps and opportunities for nursing research are identified for each main topic. The health information technologies deployed as part of the national framework must support nursing practice in a manner that enables prevention of medical errors and promotion of patient safety and contributes to the development of practice-based nursing knowledge as well as best practices for patient safety. The seminal work that has been completed to date is necessary, but not sufficient, to achieve this objective.

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The Role of Using EHR on Improving the Quality of Health Care in the Health Centers in Jordan

The International Annals of Medicine ◽

10.24087/iam.2018.2.2.412 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Mohammad Okour

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Quality Of Health Care ◽

Health Centers

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Using Evidence to Improve Patient Safety and the Quality of Health Care

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing ◽

10.1111/j.1741-6787.2010.00213.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1-3 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tracey Bucknall

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Patient Safety ◽

Quality Of Health Care ◽

Improve Patient Safety ◽

Improve Patient

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A atuação do enfermeiro auditor na qualidade da assistência à saúde: revisão bibliográfica integrativa

Revista de Administração em Saúde ◽

10.23973/ras.83.293 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (83) ◽

Author(s):

Gabriela Marchiori do Carmo Azzolin

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Quality Of Care ◽

Quality Of Health Care ◽

Nursing Process ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Great Relevance ◽

Role Of Nursing ◽

Selection Of

Objetivo: descrever a atuação do enfermeiro auditor na qualidade da assistência a saúde. Método: trata-se de uma revisão integrativa de artigos publicados no período de 2015 a 2020. A pesquisa e seleção dos artigos foi realizada nas bases de dados: BEDENF, LILACS e MEDLINE, por meio dos descritores “Enfermagem”, “Auditoria de enfermagem” , “Registros de enfermagem” e “ Qualidade da assistência à saúde”. Os critérios de inclusão foram artigos online gratuitos, com textos completos, publicados de 2015 a 2020, nos idiomas português e inglês. Resultados: foram selecionados 11 artigos, por cumprirem os critérios estabelecidos no estudo. Na análise dos resultados foi possível evidenciar a importância significativa da qualidade dos registros no processo de enfermagem. Conclusão: a atuação da enfermagem na auditoria tem ganhado notoriedade nos últimos anos, por ser de grande relevância para a qualidade da assistência prestada e abranger muito mais que a gestão de custos.Palavras-chave: Enfermagem; Auditoria de enfermagem; Registros de enfermagem; Qualidade da assistência à saúde. The auditor's nurse's performance in the quality of health care: integrative bibliographic review ABSTRACTObjective: to describe the role of the nurse auditor in the quality of health care. Method: this is an integrative review of articles published from 2015 to 2020. The research and selection of articles was carried out in the databases: BEDENF, LILACS and MEDLINE, using the descriptors “Nursing”, “Nursing audit "," Nursing records "and" Quality of health care ". The inclusion criteria were free online articles, with full texts, published from 2015 to 2020, in Portuguese and English. Result: 11 articles were selected, as they meet the criteria established in the study. In the analysis of the results, it was possible to highlight the significant importance of the quality of the records in the nursing process. Conclusio: the role of nursing in the audit has gained notoriety in recent years, as it is of great relevance to the quality of care provided and covers much more than cost management.Keywords: Nursing; Nursing audit; Nursing records; Quality of health care.

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