“Patient safety is a fundamental principle of health care” according to the World Health Organization and understanding the underlying causes and results of the events is crucial to its achievement3-4.
Over the next 30 years in Canada, within acute and home care settings, there could be roughly 400,000 average annual cases of patient safety incidents (PSIs), costing around $6,800 per patient and generating an additional $2.75 billion in healthcare treatment costs per year5.
70% of reports lead to follow-up investigations and can result in substantial policy change2.
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