Reducing Harm in Healthcare Systems

Tim O'Brien

doi:10.1308/205016815815944614

Reducing Harm in Healthcare Systems

Tim O'Brien

Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth

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Abstract

An understanding of the importance of causation of medical errors is important for determining strategies to reduce the harm that they can cause to patients. This paper discusses how dentistry can learn from medicine as well as other industries when developing approaches designed to deal with the causes of errors, rather than their outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-37
Number of pages	4
Journal	Primary dental journal
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1308/205016815815944614
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2015

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General Medicine

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