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Published on April 22, 2014 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2014.03.5941

Patient safety – a current and ongoing problem

Seguridad del paciente, un problema vigente y actual

Carlos Alberto Díaz , Virginia Braem, Amalia Giuliani Diez, Emilio Restelli

Abstract

Patient safety is a current and ongoing problem of increasing importance in healthcare. The implementation of a safety culture leads to behavioral change in all processes and responsibility centers. It means a long, slow, arduous path and requires effort, persistence and commitment, but it is increasingly necessary and indispensable in hospital management.

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Carlos Alberto Díaz

Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

carlos.diaz@sagrado-corazon.com.ar.

Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón, Gerencia Médica, Bartolomé Mitre 1955-1039AAC, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Virginia Braem

Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Amalia Giuliani Diez

Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Emilio Restelli

Sanatorio Sagrado Corazón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Citation Díaz CA, Braem V, Giuliani Diez A, Restelli E. Patient safety – a current and ongoing problem. Medwave 2014;14(03):e5941 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2014.03.5941

Submission date 29/01/2014

Acceptance date 01/04/2014

Publication date 22/04/2014

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patient safety, healthcare, cultural change, quality, management

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con revisión por tres pares revisores externos, a doble ciego

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