Patient safety definition

Patient safety means the prevention of healthcare errors and the elimination or mitigation of patient injury caused by healthcare errors.
Patient safety means the activities, strategies and mechanisms to avoid or mitigate health risks to users of the health care system;
Patient safety means, for the purposes of this Code, protection against unnecessary harm/injury as a result of the provision or non-provision of health services.

Examples of Patient safety in a sentence

  • Patient safety and positive patient outcomes are dependent upon having appropriate staffing plans which provide reasonable workloads for nurses.

  • Each Party and its Personnel shall always consider Patient safety in taking any action under the Agreement.

  • If MX determines in its sole discretion that Participant’s continued access to the System would, or is reasonably likely to, endanger the privacy or security of Patient Data, MX may suspend Participant’s access to the System (but may still provide read-only access if reasonably necessary for Patient safety).

  • Patient safety is of utmost importance to the CMS mission and its importance cannot be measured in dollars.

  • If the LHIN and the Service Provider cannot agree on the terms of a voluntary program for the transfer of care of Patients, the LHIN may, in its sole discretion, transfer the care of Patients where necessary to ensure Patient safety.


More Definitions of Patient safety

Patient safety means the prevention of healthcare related errors or the elimination or
Patient safety means procedures and processes that ensure that the correct patient receives the correct drug in the correct dose, and is counseled appropriately.
Patient safety means the processes, structures and health governance
Patient safety means making care continually safer by reducing Harm and Preventable mortality.
Patient safety means freedom, for a patient, from unnecessary harm or potential harm associated with healthcare;
Patient safety means the prevention of healthcare related errors or the elimination or mitigation of patient injury caused by healthcare related errors. ¶
Patient safety means systems, procedures and processes that ensure that the