Affiliation:
1. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Abstract
Reporting safety of care data is now a global imperative. Performance improvement strategies, however, often reflect the requirements of the ambient healthcare system, especially with regard to the voluntary or mandatory reporting of data. The quality and completeness of the data are affected by the nature of the reporting requirement and will consequently determine the robustness of the strategies to improve safety of care. The measurement of the complete/true magnitude of events may be important for the appropriateness of safety improvement strategies and initiatives. The goal of this article is to identify the key characteristics of voluntary and mandatory safety of care data reporting systems, and their implications for performance improvement from an epidemiological, clinical and administrative points of view.
Subject
Rehabilitation,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,General Medicine
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