Search for dissertations about: "Patient Safety"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 359 swedish dissertations containing the words Patient Safety.
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11. Measures of Patient Safety : Studies of Swedish Reporting Systems and Evaluation of an Intervention Aimed at Improved Patient Safety Culture
Abstract : Unsafe health care delivery results in millions of patients suffering from injuries or death worldwide. A Swedish study estimated the prevalence of preventable adverse events as high as 8.6% in hospital care, which demonstrates that patient safety is no less a problem in Sweden than elsewhere. READ MORE
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12. Constructing patient safety. Exploring unsafe care events in hospital settings as reported by patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals
Abstract : The conditions of hospital care are continuously transformed with advances in medicine and technology, and with organizational alterations influenced by the changing needs of the population. As these conditions affect patient safety, and because adverse events are a global public health problem today, knowledge about how unsafe care is understood and how patient safety can be achieved is needed. READ MORE
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13. Patient safety during intrahospital transports in intensive care. Hazards, experiences and future measurements
Abstract : Patient safety is an attribute of the healthcare system that minimizes the incidence of adverse events (AEs), and that entails identifying the causes of harm and preventive strategies. Intrahospital transport (IHT) of patients in intensive care is a process associated with AEs and patient complications. READ MORE
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14. Patient Safety in the Emergency Department : Culture, Waiting, and Outcomes of Efficiency and Quality
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate patient safety in the emergency department (ED) and to determine whether this varies according to patient safety culture, waiting, and outcomes of efficiency and quality variables.I: Patient safety culture was described in the EDs of two different hospitals before and after a quality improvement project. READ MORE
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15. Exploring patient safety in home healthcare : a resilience engineering approach
Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis is to increase knowledge and understanding of patient safety in home healthcare.This thesis has an explorative mixed-methods design, with both qualitative (Papers І and ІІ) and quantitative (Papers ІІІ, ІV and V) methods. Data for Papers І and ІІ were collected at three specialised home healthcare units. READ MORE
