Short communication, Note
HOSPITAL PATIENT SAFETY ASSESSMENT EXEMPLIFIED BY THE STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATES
VESNA ČERFALVI
orcid.org/0000-0002-7921-5519
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Board on Healthcare Quality Assurance and Promotion, Zagreb, Hrvatska
ŽELJKA BENCEKOVIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0001-8056-0443
; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Board on Healthcare Quality Assurance and Promotion, Zagreb, Hrvatska
LIDIJA FUMIĆ DUNKIĆ
; Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Medicine and Pain Treatment, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Patient safety is a legally prescribed, important quality factor of the healthcare system. The safety of medical procedures is defined in the Act on Healthcare Quality, while safety indicators (such as unexpected and other unwanted events) are depicted in the Healthcare Quality Standards and regulations on their usage. The list of safety indicators is determined by the Healthcare and Social Service Agency. Standardized Hospital Mortality Rate falls under “Other unwanted events”, but is also a quantity indicator of patient safety in the hospital healthcare system where it monitors acute myocardial infarction, stroke and acute pancreatitis in the 30-day hospitalization period. At Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, this indicator has been monitored and analyzed on a regular basis. Monitoring results indicate good clinical practice, as well as a satisfying level of patient safety in relation to the pathology mortality monitored in the mentioned hospital.
Keywords
patient safety; Standardized Hospital Mortality Rate; healthcare quality
Hrčak ID:
186105
URI
Publication date:
2.9.2017.
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