Interorganizational health information exchange-related patient safety incidents: A descriptive register-based qualitative study

How to Provide Patient Safety in the Emergency Department? A Qualitative Study Emergency Nurses’ Experiences

“…In our study, nurses stated that they could not even identify patients due to high patient turnover and that they had difficulty in patient follow-ups and providing nursing care. Many studies conducted in the emergency department have reported problems such as waiting for a long time for transfer, insufficient oral or written information during patient transfer, inadequate medication orders, duplicate orders, and inadequate recording of patient information (Churruca et al, 2021;Hyvämäki et al, 2023;Mahmoud et al, 2023). Our study found that easy access to the ED by patient families and other personnel threatens patient safety, and measures should be taken accordingly.…”

“…The literature emphasized that in-service training on patient safety should be continuous and carried out in a way to includes the staff and managers working in the institution (Sarkhosh et al, 2022). Patient safety incident reports will enable them to be addressed in more detail and appropriate strategies to be developed (Hyvämäki et al, 2023;Skutezky et al, 2022). Participants said that managers should integrate the patient safety culture into the institution and raise awareness among all staff there.…”

An Integrative Systematic Review of Promoting Patient Safety Within Prehospital Emergency Medical Services by Paramedics: A Role Theory Perspective

“…64,65 Inadequate documentation and the improper utilization of information are primarily attributed to healthcare professionals and organizations as technical issues. 66 Staff should be encouraged and empowered to identify clinical errors and voice their concerns to help prevent individual feelings of shame and fear of potential consequences. 67…”

Challenges and needs in cerebrovascular disease pathway: A qualitative descriptive study from the patients' and healthcare professionals' perspectives

“…In line with (Jansson et al, 2022), poor user interface design and lack of health data hindered information retrieval. In addition, insufficient health information exchange, poor quality of documentation, usability, and functionality issues were identified, which are concerning, as they can amplify human errors and risk patient safety (Hyvämäki et al, 2022(Hyvämäki et al, , 2023. Therefore, comprehensive data management is required by addressing the needs for data collection, interoperability, and communication in healthcare systems and thus secure coordination and patient safety across the care continuum (Kierkegaard et al, 2014;Menachemi et al, 2018).…”