必須說在前面的是,「病人安全」(以下簡稱病安)的概念和學問是個非常新的課題,認真說起來要從上個世紀末,美國一個非政府、非營利的獨立機構,The Institute of Medicine (IOM)在1999年調查發表的知名報告:「To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System」,這份報告多達近三百頁,當中指出經專家評估在美國一年可能多達近十萬人(九萬八千)在醫院因醫療錯誤(medical errors)死亡,這個數字比死於機動車輛事故、乳癌和AIDS的人數還多,但受到公眾關注的程度卻遠不及上述三類議題。
不過,更必須說在前面的是,這份調查開宗明義便說我們想要讓病安議題受到大眾關注,但我們並不想指責醫療照護者的無心之過;畢竟,孰能無過,這份調查的目的是希望能藉由打造一個更安全的醫療環境來減少醫療錯誤和促進病人安全。(”To Err Is Human” breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequence – but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agenda – with state and local implications – for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system.)
言歸正傳,我們來看醫改會引用的那篇文章,2004年發表在「Qual. Saf. Health Care」這份刊物的「Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients: results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I」。
必須說在前面的是,「病人安全」(以下簡稱病安)的概念和學問是個非常新的課題,認真說起來要從上個世紀末,美國一個非政府、非營利的獨立機構,The Institute of Medicine (IOM)在1999年調查發表的知名報告:「To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System」,這份報告多達近三百頁,當中指出經專家評估在美國一年可能多達近十萬人(九萬八千)在醫院因醫療錯誤(medical errors)死亡,這個數字比死於機動車輛事故、乳癌和AIDS的人數還多,但受到公眾關注的程度卻遠不及上述三類議題。
不過,更必須說在前面的是,這份調查開宗明義便說我們想要讓病安議題受到大眾關注,但我們並不想指責醫療照護者的無心之過;畢竟,孰能無過,這份調查的目的是希望能藉由打造一個更安全的醫療環境來減少醫療錯誤和促進病人安全。(”To Err Is Human” breaks the silence that has surrounded medical errors and their consequence – but not by pointing fingers at caring health care professionals who make honest mistakes. After all, to err is human. Instead, this book sets forth a national agenda – with state and local implications – for reducing medical errors and improving patient safety through the design of a safer health system.)
言歸正傳,我們來看醫改會引用的那篇文章,2004年發表在「Qual. Saf. Health Care」這份刊物的「Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients: results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I」。