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Complicated and complex systems in safety management
Claire Cox posted an article in Organisational
This blog by Adam Johns, Safety and Risk Manager for Cathay Pacific Airways, discusses the differences between complicated and complex systems and how this impacts on the way we manage safety and risk.- Posted
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Content ArticleThe report from The Leapfrog Group analyses eight high-risk procedures to determine which hospitals and surgeons perform enough of them to minimise the risk of patient harm or death, and whether hospitals actively monitor to assure that each surgery is necessary. The report finds that the vast majority of participating hospitals do not meet The Leapfrog Group’s minimum hospital or surgeon volume standards for safety nor do they have adequate policies in place to monitor for appropriateness. Rural hospitals are particularly challenged in meeting the standards. Leapfrog advises "given the variation in patient outcomes between higher-volume and lower-volume hospitals, the importance of patients using Leapfrog results to select a hospital for these high-risk procedures cannot be overstated."
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Using design for patient safety - NHS England
Claire Cox posted an article in Processes
This presentation, set out by NHS England, includes principles to aid the design of new services and areas within any healthcare setting across any sector.- Posted
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- Process redesign
- User-centred design
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Barriers to the Use of Assistive Devices in Patient Handling
Claire Cox posted an article in Assistive equipment
This study by Noble and Sweeney, published in Workplace Health & Safety, assessed barriers to the use of assistive devices in safe patient handling and mobility that contribute to health care worker injuries.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis Care Quality Commission (CQC) report focuses on why avoidable harm remains a persistent problem within healthcare.
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Content ArticleNHS England helps illustrate the benefits of business continuity planning and how the planning is implemented during a response. Case studies have been put together from various incident debrief reports from organisations to provide examples of approaches to incident reports and also allow identification of learning across organisations
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- Action plan
- Risk management
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