
La seguridad del paciente es un factor esencial de la calidad asistencial y desde la publicación del informe "Errar es humano" es objeto de atención general. Las estrategias de mejora han estimulado el desarrollo de modelos que permiten un mejor conocimiento de los efectos adversos ligados a la asistencia sanitaria. Los sistemas de comunicación de efectos adversos generan información que permitirá adoptar medidas que incrementen la calidad asistencial. Los efectos adversos más comunes son los relacionados con el uso de medicamentos y con frecuencia son evitables. Para disminuirlos, detectarlos y mitigarlos cuando se producen, se pueden emplear estrategias dirigidas a reducir la complejidad, optimizar la información y la automatización de procesos. Aunque el progreso sea lento los cambios se están acelerando especialmente en la implantación de sistemas de prescripción electrónica y difusión de prácticas seguras. Ensuring patient safety is essential for better heath care. Safety have gripped public attention ever since the release of the report "To Err is Human". To find strategies of promotion of patient safety has stimulated models that improve knowledge of adverse events. Adverse drug events are the most common cause of injury to hospitalized patients and are often preventable. Many tactics are available to make system changes to reduce errors and adverse events; they fall into five categories: Reduce complexity, optimise information processing, automate wisely, use constraints, and mitigate the unwanted side effects of change. These tactics can be deployed to support any of the three strategic components of error prevention, detection, and mitigation. Although progress has been slow, the pace of change is likely to accelerate, particularly in implementation of electronic health records and diffusion of safe practices.
Calidad asistencial, Patient safety, Efectos adversos, Seguridad del paciente, Adverse events, Quality of Care
Calidad asistencial, Patient safety, Efectos adversos, Seguridad del paciente, Adverse events, Quality of Care
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