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Knowledge sharing: The key to improving medical error reporting in nursing
Shams Al Sadat Seyyed Hosseini1, Marzieh Adel Mehraban2, Shima Haghani3
1Student Research Commitee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Journal of Education and Health Promotion
|July 23, 2026
Summary
Knowledge management significantly reduced barriers to medical error reporting among nurses. This strategy enhances patient safety by improving reporting systems.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety Research
- Nursing Practice
Background:
- Medical errors present substantial challenges to patient safety and healthcare economics.
- Effective error reporting systems are crucial for learning and incident reduction.
- Barriers to medical error reporting persist, hindering healthcare quality improvement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the impact of knowledge management strategies on reducing barriers to medical error reporting among nurses.
- To assess the effectiveness of an intervention involving an anonymous reporting bot, feedback, and brainstorming sessions.
Main Methods:
- A quasi-experimental study involving 62 nurses, randomly assigned to intervention and control groups.
- The intervention group utilized an anonymous reporting bot, received "lessons learned" feedback, and participated in brainstorming sessions over three months.
- Barriers to medical error reporting were assessed using Mardani's questionnaire pre- and post-intervention.
Main Results:
- The intervention group demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in medical error reporting barriers (P < 0.001).
- The control group showed no significant change in reporting barriers.
- Demographic data indicated a higher proportion of bachelor's degree holders in the intervention group.
Conclusions:
- Knowledge management effectively reduces barriers to medical error reporting.
- Implementing knowledge management strategies is a scalable approach to enhance patient safety.
- This study provides evidence for health policy to improve medical error reporting systems.
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