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Development and Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Technology Enhanced Care Pathway for Youth and Adults with Concussion

Development and Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Technology Enhanced Care Pathway for Youth and Adults with Concussion

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Multiple accountabilities in incident reporting and management.

Su-yin Hor¹, Rick Iedema, Katrina Williams

¹University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. suyin.hor@student.uts.edu.au

Qualitative Health Research

|May 19, 2010

Summary

Healthcare accountability and patient safety are increasingly vital. This study reveals that effective incident reporting systems in New South Wales hospitals depend on integrating policy with local staff practices for meaningful improvement.

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Published on: January 20, 2019

Area of Science:

Health Services Management
Patient Safety Research
Sociology of Health

Background:

Growing emphasis on accountability and patient safety in healthcare.
Incident reporting systems are a key mechanism for managing safety.
Understanding the practical application of these systems is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine accountability and patient safety practices in New South Wales, Australia.
To explore the manifestation of incident reporting systems in clinical practice.
To investigate the relationship between reporting systems and local accountability enactments.

Main Methods:

Ethnographic observation of clinical staff incident management practices in a hospital setting.
Analysis of how accountability frames are associated with incident reporting.
Qualitative examination of policy and practice interactions.

Main Results:

Accountability in healthcare has multiple, often locally-defined, conceptualizations.
Incident reporting systems and management policies are deeply interwoven with local practices.
The relationship between reporting systems and local practices is not oppositional but integrated.

Conclusions:

Systematic improvement efforts must consider the local context of healthcare practice.
Local ecologies of practice are essential for the effective utilization of incident reporting systems.
Integrating policy with practice enhances patient safety and accountability.