Tracing the foundations of a conceptual framework for a patient safety ontology

TY - JOUR

T1 - Tracing the foundations of a conceptual framework for a patient safety ontology

AU - Runciman, William B

AU - Baker, G Ross

AU - Michel, Philippe

AU - Dovey, Susan

AU - Lilford, Richard J

AU - Jensen, Natasja Koitzsch

AU - Flin, Rhona

AU - Weeks, William B

AU - Lewalle, Pierre

AU - Larizgoitia, Itziar

AU - Bates, David

AU - Methods & Measures Working Group of the World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety

PY - 2010/12

Y1 - 2010/12

N2 - Background: In work for the World Alliance for Patient Safety on research methods and measures and on defining key concepts for an International Patient Safety Classification (ICPS), it became apparent that there was a need to try to understand how the meaning of patient safety and underlying concepts relate to the existing safety and quality frameworks commonly used in healthcare. Objectives To unfold the concept of patient safety and how it relates to safety and quality frameworks commonly used in healthcare and to trace the evolution of the ICPS framework as a basis of the electronic capture of the component elements of patient safety. Conclusion: The ICPS conceptual framework for patient safety has its origins in existing frameworks and an international consultation process. Although its 10 classes and their semantic relationships may be used as a reference model for different disciplines, it must remain dynamic in the ever-changing world of healthcare. By expanding the ICPS by examining data from all available sources, and ensuring rigorous compliance with the latest principles of informatics, a deeper interdisciplinary approach will progressively be developed to address the complex, refractory problem of reducing healthcareassociated harm.

AB - Background: In work for the World Alliance for Patient Safety on research methods and measures and on defining key concepts for an International Patient Safety Classification (ICPS), it became apparent that there was a need to try to understand how the meaning of patient safety and underlying concepts relate to the existing safety and quality frameworks commonly used in healthcare. Objectives To unfold the concept of patient safety and how it relates to safety and quality frameworks commonly used in healthcare and to trace the evolution of the ICPS framework as a basis of the electronic capture of the component elements of patient safety. Conclusion: The ICPS conceptual framework for patient safety has its origins in existing frameworks and an international consultation process. Although its 10 classes and their semantic relationships may be used as a reference model for different disciplines, it must remain dynamic in the ever-changing world of healthcare. By expanding the ICPS by examining data from all available sources, and ensuring rigorous compliance with the latest principles of informatics, a deeper interdisciplinary approach will progressively be developed to address the complex, refractory problem of reducing healthcareassociated harm.

KW - Biomedical Research

KW - Concept Formation

KW - Humans

KW - Internationality

KW - Medical Errors

KW - Quality Assurance, Health Care

KW - Safety Management

U2 - 10.1136/qshc.2009.035147

DO - 10.1136/qshc.2009.035147

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 20702442

SN - 1475-3901

SN - 2044-5423

VL - 19

SP - e56

JO - Quality & safety in health care

JF - Quality & safety in health care

IS - 6

ER -