... error and faults in the organisation of the health care process. Despite the widespread implementation of RCA in the past decades, only 2 studies could to some extent establish an improvement in patient safety due to RCAs. Conclusions: RCA is a useful tool for the identification of the remote...

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... interviews were carried out between May and October 2009 to identify the characteristics of the errors seen by professionals and patients, as well as patients' misunderstandings that have an effect on patient safety. This questionnaire was based on two Spanish nationwide studies on adverse events in hospital...

... with their perception that the hospital was a safe clinical environment in which few clinical errors are committed. Conclusions: The data suggested that the social reputation of these hospitals and the perceptions of patients or relatives of patient safety were indeed correlated. Future research should assess whether...

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