Reasons for the persistence of adverse events in the era of safer surgery – a qualitative approach

Abstract

This qualitative study revealed the individual as the main player in the persistence of adverse events. Working conditions should be optimised to minimise interface problems in the case of cross-covering of patients, to assure support for students, residents and interns, and to reduce strain. Checklists are helpful on an "organisational level" (e.g., financial benefits, quality assurance) and to clarify responsibilities.

Long-term outcome of vertigo and dizziness associated disorders following treatment in specialized tertiary care: the Dizziness and Vertigo Registry (DiVeR) Study

“…Patients with PPV have Overall moderately affected patients seem to benefit the most different concomitant or underlying psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety disorders, dissociative syndromes or obsessive-compulsive disorders [10]. Differences in outcome may be related to the fact that the underlying psychiatric disorder is not responding well to the vertigobased treatment approach [19]. Another reason could be the different dimensions of associated disability and degree of individual perception of every day disability that may lead to a much higher individual DHI score rating initially and could result in a lower score estimation once the symptoms get better eventually.…”

Development of an Adverse Event Surveillance Model for Outpatient Surgery in the Veterans Health Administration

“…As surgical providers often work in both inpatient and outpatient surgery, health care systems that add outpatient surgeries to existing inpatient surgical surveillance mechanisms may find these data can foster more comprehensive surgical quality improvement (QI) initiatives (Kaderli et al. ).…”

SafAIRway

“…The algorithm was rated by means of a postquestionnaire using a 6-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) in 3 items, according to a recent study using similar questions concerning the assessment of a safe surgery checklist. [ 19 ] To assess PS during the training, the validated German translation of Edmondson PS scale [ 20 ] —adapted to the training context—was applied before and after the course. Items were rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).…”