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Editorial

. 2007 Jan 13;334(7584):51.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39071.441609.80.

Incident reporting and patient safety

Charles Vincent

PMID: 17218667
PMCID: PMC1767279
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39071.441609.80

Editorial

Incident reporting and patient safety

Charles Vincent. BMJ. 2007.

. 2007 Jan 13;334(7584):51.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39071.441609.80.

Author

Charles Vincent

PMID: 17218667
PMCID: PMC1767279
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39071.441609.80

Abstract

Reporting is useful, but more emphasis is needed on measurement and safety improvement programmes

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: CV has acted as paid adviser to the National Patient Safety Agency.

Comment in

Seeing the picture through "lean thinking".
Ben-Tovim DI. Ben-Tovim DI. BMJ. 2007 Jan 27;334(7586):169. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39101.389271.1F. BMJ. 2007. PMID: 17255575 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Comment on

Sensitivity of routine system for reporting patient safety incidents in an NHS hospital: retrospective patient case note review.
Sari AB, Sheldon TA, Cracknell A, Turnbull A. Sari AB, et al. BMJ. 2007 Jan 13;334(7584):79. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39031.507153.AE. Epub 2006 Dec 15. BMJ. 2007. PMID: 17175566 Free PMC article.

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