The available data also support an association between improvements in sedation practice and improved patient safety.
Although Dr. Goldhammer said he had not reviewed the proposal in detail, he said companies would "certainly be able to get behind it" if it improved patient safety.
At the harder end of the debate, access to hospital data has undoubtedly improved patient safety at the very least, if not saved lives.
On the other hand, medical liability has improved patient safety — by leading hospitals to hire risk managers, for example, and spurring anesthesiologists to improve their safety standards and practices.
"Our proposals offer better basic pay with increases based on responsibility instead of time served, a shorter working week and improved patient safety".
These data provide implications for the education and practice of ED airway management that may lead to better clinical outcomes and improved patient safety.
Also EHR is suggested as a key tool in improving healthcare quality through reduced medical errors and improved patient safety [21].
Non-technical skills are an important factor in excellence and improved patient safety, though there have been few systematic attempts at integrating them into anaesthesia nursing education.
From a medical and patient care perspective, improved patient safety is probably one of the most important benefits of having an efficient training program such as the one we have described.
Indeed the routine monitoring of SpO2 has greatly improved patient safety, as evidenced by the marked decrease in the proportion of malpractice claims due to respiratory events during anesthesia [4].
Applying DDI software and employing clinical pharmacists to detect and prevent DDIs have improved patient safety in advanced countries [1, 7], while physicians in developing countries still identify DDIs based on their own experiences [8, 9].
