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    • Healthcare Quality and Safety
    • Medical Informatics
    • Patient Safety

    Background:

    • Voluntary incident reporting systems (IRSs) are vital for patient safety but capture less than 10% of adverse events.
    • Improving reporting processes enhances data capture and opportunities for healthcare improvement.
    • Barriers to current web-based IRS include time constraints, system complexity, and lack of feedback.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To identify barriers to reporting within an existing web-based incident reporting system (IRS).
    • To develop and test solutions to enhance the ease and efficiency of incident reporting.

    Main Methods:

    • A survey identified barriers to incident reporting in a diagnostic imaging department.
    • Two alternative reporting methods were tested: a voice message mailbox and a phone-based Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS).
    • Incident report rates and time to report were measured for each method.

    Main Results:

    • Lack of time, system complexity, and lack of feedback were the primary barriers identified.
    • The IVRS resulted in significantly more reports per day (3.43) compared to the IRS (0.99).
    • The IVRS significantly reduced the average reporting time to 97 seconds from 644 seconds for the IRS.

    Conclusions:

    • The Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) is a more efficient method for incident reporting than web-based systems.
    • IVRS has the potential to increase incident reporting rates, thereby improving patient safety.
    • Addressing barriers like time and complexity is key to enhancing healthcare incident reporting.