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Classification of the PSP |
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Type of Patient Safety Practice
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Not Evaluated
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Clinical Practice (CP)
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Related practices from PaSQ database
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| "Best fit" category of the reported practice |
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Communication
Documentation
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| Topic of the reported practice |
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Quality improvement project
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Aim and the benefit of the Patient Safety Practice
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As a part of a global policy of quality improvement in our Primary Health Center, we have recently created a Ptatient's Safety Group which with several aims. From these aims, we have priorized safety in prescriptions.
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Description of the Patient Safety Practice
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As a first part we have implemented the following research strategy (we report aim, method and results:
AIM: To determine general practitioners (GPs) knowledge and attitudes towards safety in prescription (SiP) as a first step of a program to improve quality in clinical practice.
METHOD: A survey of 13 questions was conducted to GPSs in a Primary Health Area checking the following issues related to Safety in Prescription: 1- self reported knowledge of a list of 10 proposed information sources 2- self reported usefulness of the proposed sources 3- self reported personal interest towards SiP ( 0 to 10 scale) 4- self reported importance of SiP in clinical practice (0 to 10 scale).
RESULTS: the survey was sent to 108 GPs. We received 38 answers (35.2%) Three of them were trainees. Predominant age group was 35-45 years. 26 of the respondents were female (68.4%). All the sources suggested in the survey were known by 26.3% of GPs and 78.9% of them knew the main 4 sources. Individual feed-back given by electronic records of computerized clinical history was considered the most useful tool by GPs. Most respondents (34.2%) rated their interest in SiP as a 9 out of 10 and 39.4% rated its importance as a 9 out of 10.
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Effectiveness of the Patient Safety Practice
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| Degree of implementation of reported practice |
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Yes, partly
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| Level of implementation of reported practice |
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Team level
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| Specific and measurable outcome for the reported practice were defined |
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Yes
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| A baseline measurement before implementation of the reported practice was obtained |
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No
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| A measurement after full implementation of the reported practice was obtained |
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Not relevant
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| Evaluation of a "positive" effect of the reported practice on Patient Safety |
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Effect not known or the intervention has not yet been evaluated
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| Type of before-and after evaluation |
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| Enclosure of a reference or attachment in case of published evaluation's results |
Not yet.
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Health care context where the Patient Safety Practices was implemented
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Primary care
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Transferability
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| Successful implementation of this Patient Safety Practice in other health care settings than above stated |
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Not known
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| Specification of implementation in another health care setting(s) |
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| Successful implementation's level of this Patient Safety Practice across settings |
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Involved health care staff
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Physicians
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Patient Involvement
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| Direct service user's involvement as integral part of this Patient Safety Practice |
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No
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| Specification of the service users or their representatives' involvement in the implementation of this Patient Safety Practice |
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| Point of time in which service user or their reprasentatives' involvement takes place |
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| Active seeking of service users' opinion, feedback, experience, etc. as integral part of this Patient Safety Practice |
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| Short description of the service users' level of involvement |
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| Public accessibility of information regarding this Patient Safety Practice to patients and citizens/service users |
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No
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| List of sources where public information is accessible |
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Implementation of the Patient Safety Practice
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| Existing collaboration with other countries or international organisations related to implementation of this Patient Safety Practice |
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No
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| Problems encountering in the implememntation course of this Patient Safety Practice like lack of motivation, no management support, etc. |
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No
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| List of the most prevelent difficulties encuntered during implementation of this Patient Safety Practice |
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| List of the most prevalent drivers for a successful implemetation of this Patient Safety Practice |
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Motivated staff
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| Use of any specific incentives to enhance motivation while implementing this Patient Safety Practice |
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No
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| Description of used incentives, if any. |
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| Existence of support or approval by the clinical or hospital management or any other hihg level authority in the implementation process of this Patient Safety Practice |
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Yes
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Costs of the Patient Safety Practices
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| Completion of cost calculation related to this Patient Safety Practice |
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No
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| Total number of person days required to implement this Patient Safety Practice |
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| Total number of person days required for training as preparation for implementation of this Patient Safety Practice |
Clinical staff: There is no specified text here
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Support staff: There is no specified text here
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| Total cost in Euro of specific equipment (machines, software, communications supplies, etc.) needed to support implementation of this Patient Safety Practice |
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| Associated cost with a work reduction or foregoing in order to deliver this Patient Safety Practice |
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Contact information
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Name: Ignacio Lopez
Country: SPAIN
Organisation: Institut Catala de la Salut, Catalonia
E-mail: ilopezp.bnm.ics@gencat.cat
Phone: 0034934666453
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