Risk management, strumenti e cultura organizzativa per il governo della patient safety: dalla teoria alla pratica

Patient Identification errors has been set as the issue to tackle. The impact of «mistakes» in the Radiology Department could lead to investigate or administrate a procedure with exposure to irradiation, and the reporting of a pathology affects severely the following treatment to wrong patients. This work identified different criticalities and defined solutions, monitoring with set indicators the improvements, for example, the 50% error reduction reached in the RIS system. Overall, the project increased patient safety, supported workflow simplification and efficiency and the whole organization took benefit from it. Sharing results with the staff of the Department at each project step, it has been fundamental to have them involved and proactive