Fierce Health Technology October 23, 2019
Errors in diagnostic tests and medication safety events pose the biggest risk to patients in ambulatory care settings, according to a new analysis.
Those two errors are the most frequent safety risks in ambulatory care, a report (PDF) from the ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit organization, found.
The analysis was based on 4,355 adverse events reported to the institute by physician practices, ambulatory care centers and community health centers between December 2017 and November 2018. Nearly half of the events involved diagnostic testing errors; a quarter involved medication safety, and the rest involved falls, security and safety and privacy-related risks, the institute reported.
Approximately half of all events reported occurred in physician practices.
“As healthcare delivery shifts from hospitals to...
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