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Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care
Background: Despite patient safety being recognized as an important healthcare issue in the European Union, there has been variable implementation of patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Objective: To assess the status of patient safety initiatives in countries in CEE; to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26339839 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13814788.2015.1043727 |
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author | Godycki-Cwirko, Maciek Esmail, Aneez Dovey, Susan Wensing, Michel Parker, Dianne Kowalczyk, Anna Błaszczyk, Honorata Kosiek, Katarzyna |
author_facet | Godycki-Cwirko, Maciek Esmail, Aneez Dovey, Susan Wensing, Michel Parker, Dianne Kowalczyk, Anna Błaszczyk, Honorata Kosiek, Katarzyna |
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description | Background: Despite patient safety being recognized as an important healthcare issue in the European Union, there has been variable implementation of patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Objective: To assess the status of patient safety initiatives in countries in CEE; to describe a process of engagement in Poland, which can serve as a template for the implementation of patient safety initiatives in primary care. Methods: A mixed methods design was used. We conducted a review of literature focusing on publications from CEE, an inventory of patient safety initiatives in CEE countries, interviews with key informants, international survey, review of national reporting systems, and pilot demonstrator project in Poland with implementation of patient safety toolkits assessment. Results: There was no published patient safety research from Albania, Belarus, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, or Russia. Nine papers were found from Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, and Slovenia. In most of the CEE countries, patient safety had been addressed at the policy level although the focus was mainly in hospital care. There was a dearth of activity in primary care. The use of patient improvement strategies was low. Conclusion: International cooperation as exemplified in the demonstrator project can help in the development and implementation of patient safety initiatives in primary care in changing the emphasis away from a blame culture to one where greater emphasis is placed on improvement and learning. |
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spelling | pubmed-48286252016-04-27 Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care Godycki-Cwirko, Maciek Esmail, Aneez Dovey, Susan Wensing, Michel Parker, Dianne Kowalczyk, Anna Błaszczyk, Honorata Kosiek, Katarzyna Eur J Gen Pract Background Paper Background: Despite patient safety being recognized as an important healthcare issue in the European Union, there has been variable implementation of patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Objective: To assess the status of patient safety initiatives in countries in CEE; to describe a process of engagement in Poland, which can serve as a template for the implementation of patient safety initiatives in primary care. Methods: A mixed methods design was used. We conducted a review of literature focusing on publications from CEE, an inventory of patient safety initiatives in CEE countries, interviews with key informants, international survey, review of national reporting systems, and pilot demonstrator project in Poland with implementation of patient safety toolkits assessment. Results: There was no published patient safety research from Albania, Belarus, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, or Russia. Nine papers were found from Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, and Slovenia. In most of the CEE countries, patient safety had been addressed at the policy level although the focus was mainly in hospital care. There was a dearth of activity in primary care. The use of patient improvement strategies was low. Conclusion: International cooperation as exemplified in the demonstrator project can help in the development and implementation of patient safety initiatives in primary care in changing the emphasis away from a blame culture to one where greater emphasis is placed on improvement and learning. Informa Healthcare 2015-08-14 2015-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4828625/ /pubmed/26339839 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13814788.2015.1043727 Text en © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Background Paper Godycki-Cwirko, Maciek Esmail, Aneez Dovey, Susan Wensing, Michel Parker, Dianne Kowalczyk, Anna Błaszczyk, Honorata Kosiek, Katarzyna Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care |
title | Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care |
title_full | Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care |
title_fullStr | Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care |
title_full_unstemmed | Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care |
title_short | Patient safety initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe: A mixed methods approach by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care |
title_sort | patient safety initiatives in central and eastern europe: a mixed methods approach by the linneaus collaboration on patient safety in primary care |
topic | Background Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4828625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26339839 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13814788.2015.1043727 |
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