Patient Safety Focus Update:
New Adverse Event Reporting Guidelines
Guidelines for safety incidents are now available on Pike Notes, in Staff Resources>
Hospital wide Policies and Manuals.
Safety Reports serve as an early warning system, alerting BWH to potential
problem areas that may result in patient care injury. Individual reports identify
patients with whom the BWH staff may work more closely to provide care and follow-up,
to minimize potential complications and to prevent future litigation. They also
flag clinical events for which additional documentation may be appropriate, and
“near miss” events that did not reach the patient. Trends revealed
by the reports identify process problems that may require intervention.
For additional information, please contact Janet Barnes (jbarnes1@partners.org)
or Mary White (mlwhite@partners.org)
in the Risk Management Department, or Erin Graydon-Baker (egraydonbaker@partners.org),
patient safety manager.