Patient Safety Reporting Program 2022 Annual Report: Modernizing to Meet the Needs of a Changing Healthcare System
Adverse events happen far too often in healthcare. A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 24% of hospital admissions had at least one adverse event¹. Despite seemingly little progress over the last twenty years, we have learned a great deal about how we can approach our patient safety work collectively, to advance patient safety². In Oregon, we have infrastructure for statewide shared learning that can support the coordinated and collaborative approach necessary to make progress. At the Oregon Patient Safety Commission, we know we must be responsive to what we’ve learned since the Legislature created our organization in 2003 to be an independent voice for patient safety in the state.
In our latest report, Patient Safety Reporting Program (PSRP) 2022 Annual Report: Modernizing to Meet the Needs of a Changing Healthcare System, we share our modernization strategy that supports a collaborative approach, our progress so far, and next steps. We look forward to working together with our partners across the healthcare continuum to ensure PSRP can continue to support the rapidly changing healthcare environment, build on the work organizations are already doing, and provide meaningful shared learning in service to our mission.
References
1. Bates DW, Levine DM, Salmasian H, et al. The Safety of Inpatient Health Care. New England Journal of Medicine. 2023;388(2):142-153. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa2206117
2. National Steering Committee for Patient Safety. Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); 2020:41 pages. Accessed September 22, 2020. www.ihi.org/SafetyActionPlan