Exploring Health Care Professionals' Perceptions of Incidents and Incident Reporting in Rehabilitation Settings

Conclusions The study findings demonstrate gaps between incident-reporting policy and practice, and opportunities to address these gaps. Organizational leaders can work with all health care professions to support their roles in reporting. Interprofessional team building, focused on valuing all team members, may improve interprofessional communication and reporting. Setting standards for classifying events could increase consistency in reporting. Ultimately, encouraging reporting of near misses and incidents can create a culture of learning focused on problem solving and improved patient safety.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research