<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background: Patient safety indicators are valuable tools by which to monitor quantitatively patient safety.Objective: We developed patient safety indicators for the Iranian health system.Methods: Fifty-four patient safety indicators were identified in literature and 24 of them were selected as candidate indicators. In the first round of Delphi, panelists agreed upon 20 of them and suggested eight new indicators. In the second round, four uncertain and eight new indicators were evaluated. In this round, nine indicators were agreed upon and three were dropped.Conclusion: This study suggested 29 consensus-based indicators for the Iranian health system to assess safety of care. Establishing reporting systems and pilot testing of this set of indicators are strongly recommended.</abstract>

Background: Patient safety indicators are valuable tools by which to monitor quantitatively patient safety.Objective: We developed patient safety indicators for the Iranian health system.Methods: Fifty-four patient safety indicators were identified in literature and 24 of them were selected as candidate indicators. In the first round of Delphi, panelists agreed upon 20 of them and suggested eight new indicators. In the second round, four uncertain and eight new indicators were evaluated. In this round, nine indicators were agreed upon and three were dropped.Conclusion: This study suggested 29 consensus-based indicators for the Iranian health system to assess safety of care. Establishing reporting systems and pilot testing of this set of indicators are strongly recommended.

Developing Iranian patient safety indicators: an essential approach for improving safety of healthcare

Department of Health Information Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,

Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,

Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,

Department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,

Asian Biomedicine

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Background: Patient safety indicators are valuable tools by which to monitor quantitatively patient safety.Objective: We developed patient safety indicators...

Developing Iranian patient safety indicators: an essential approach for improving safety of healthcare

Article Category: Brief communication (Original)

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 365 - 373

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0703.188

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