TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Since the publication of the report “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System” by the US Institute of Medicine in 2000, much has changed with regard to patient safety. Many of the more recent initiatives to improve patient safety target the behavior of health care staff (e.g., training, double-checking procedures, and standard operating procedures). System-based interventions have so far received less attention, even though they produce more substantial improvements, being less dependent on individuals’ behavior. One type of system-based intervention that can benefit patient safety involves improvements to hospital design. Given that people’s working environments affect their behavior, good design at a systemic level not only enables staff to work more efficiently; it can also prevent errors and mishaps, which can have serious consequences for patients. While an increasing number of studies have demonstrated the effect of hospital design on patient safety, this knowledge is not easily accessible to clinicians, practitioners, risk managers, and other decision-makers, such as designers and architects of health care facilities. This is why the Swiss Patient Safety Foundation launched its project, “More Patient Safety by Design: Systemic Approaches for Hospitals,” which is presented in this chapter.
VL  - 18
SN  - 978-1-83867-085-6, 978-1-83867-084-9/1474-8231
DO  - 10.1108/S1474-823120190000018001
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1474-823120190000018001
AU  - Kobler Irene
AU  - Angerer Alfred
AU  - Schwappach David
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Case Study: More Patient Safety by Design – System-based Approaches for Hospitals
T2  - Structural Approaches to Address Issues in Patient Safety
T3  - Advances in Health Care Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 17
Y2  - 2024/09/25
ER  -