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A patient safety organization (PSO) is a group, institution or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. In the 1990s, reports in several countries revealed a staggering number of patient injuries and deaths each year due to avoidable adverse health care events. In the United States, the Institute of Medicine report (1999) called for a broad national effort to include the establishment of patient safety centers, expanded reporting of adverse events and development of safety programs in health care organizations. The organizations that developed ranged from governmental to private, and some founded by industry, professional or consumer groups. Common functions of patient safety organizations are data collection and analysis, reporting, education, funding and advocacy. ==Functions== Patient safety organizations may use several approaches to reducing adverse events: #Collect data on the prevalence and individual details of errors. #Analyze sources of error by root cause analysis. #Propose and disseminate methods for error prevention. #Design and conduct pilot projects to study safety initiatives, including monitoring of results. #Raise awareness and inform the public, health professionals, providers, purchasers and employers. #Conduct fundraising and provide funding for research and safety projects #Advocate for regulatory and legislative changes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patient safety organization」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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