Patient Safety Organization - Functions

Functions

Patient safety organizations may use several approaches to reducing adverse events:

  1. Collect data on the prevalence and individual details of errors.
  2. Analyze sources of error by root cause analysis.
  3. Propose and disseminate methods for error prevention.
  4. Design and conduct pilot projects to study safety initiatives, including monitoring of results.
  5. Raise awareness and inform the public, health professionals, providers, purchasers and employers.
  6. Conduct fundraising and provide funding for research and safety projects
  7. Advocate for regulatory and legislative changes.

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