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Hsuan-Chia Yang, M D Mohaimenul Islam, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li, Monitor, reduce and prevent the adverse outcomes for ensuring patient safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Volume 30, Issue 6, July 2018, Page 415, https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzy109
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Despite the considerable efforts and initiatives about patient’s safety, medical errors are major causes of in- and out-patients’ morbidity and mortality. Healthcare providers, policymakers are trying to improve patient’s safety but medical errors still become the third leading cause of death in the USA. It is estimated 230 000 medication-related hospital admission a year that could be prevented by proper planning and the use of modern technology. Therefore, it is high time to implement a series of measures to reduce the number of medical errors, fostering sophisticated technology, ensuring transparency rather than blame. Walter et al. [1] conducted a study to assess the prevalence of adverse events (AE) and to examine its association with factors related to the patients and hospital admission. Their methodology was based on the Iberoamericand study of AEs, reported that the prevalence of AE was 12.8%, and 43% of AE were preventable. However, urgent admission, submission to a surgical procedure and immunosuppressive therapy had positive association with AE occurrence. It is known that AE would result in unnecessary hospitalization or extended hospital stay. To avoid all AE, more attention should be paid to high-risk factors.
