Medical safety reporting system neccessity and analysis of Turkey 2016 data: A health policy report.

Koca, Ercan; Aksoy, HİLAL; Tarhan, Dilek; Çi Ftli K, Emine; Oktay, Kemal; Öztürk, Abdullah; Gündüz, Mehmet

doi:10.3233/jrs-194018

Medical safety reporting system neccessity and analysis of Turkey 2016 data: A health policy report.

Koca E., Aksoy H. , Tarhan D., Çi Ftli K E. E. , Oktay K., Öztürk A., ...More

The International journal of risk & safety in medicine, vol.32, pp.133-145, 2021 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 32
Publication Date: 2021
Doi Number: 10.3233/jrs-194018
Title of Journal : The International journal of risk & safety in medicine
Page Numbers: pp.133-145
Keywords: Patient safety, medical errors, National Safety Reporting System, Turkey, ADVERSE EVENTS, ERRORS, CARE, FALLS

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The National Safety Reporting System, which is developed for Turkey, aims to classify medical errors with a coding methodology that handles errors in subcategories. Error entries done via the system are added to the statistics immediately by advanced live data reporting capabilities of the software.