Patient Safety for Vulnerable Populations

弱势群体的患者安全

• 批准号: 6413885
• 负责人: LARRY None CULPEPPER
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-30 至 2004-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6413885
• 关键词: clinical research; disease /disorder prevention /control; health care quality; health science research; human data; iatrogenic disease; information dissemination; information systems; interdisciplinary collaboration; medically underserved population; outpatient care

The long-term objective of this application is to have a well established infrastructure at Boston University for conducting cutting-edge research in the area of patient safety. In recent years patient safety has become a significant public policy issue as new information has surfaced indicating that each year an alarmingly high number of patients are victims of medical errors that can result in death of severe injury. Patients who are economically and culturally disadvantaged may be particularly vulnerable to medical errors. The applicants seek funding for a developmental center for patient safety to commonly arise in the delivery of ambulatory care services to low income, culturally disadvantaged populations. The safety issues including internal medicine, family medicine, organizational management, economics, informatics, and statistics. Team members are from Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Public Health, and Morehouse School of Medicine. For purposes of the proposed center, the team has formed links with the various clinical components of the Boston Medical Center, an urban academic medical center that serves a large population of Medicaid recipients and uninsured individuals The proposed developmental center will serve as a vehicle for cultivating the expertise of team members in patient safety and identifying among team members common areas of interest and complementary skills for developing patient safety research projects. Them team has identified three areas of initial interest for studying patient safety issues within ambulatory settings: medication errors, procedure-related errors and treatment errors related to management of chronic conditions. As part of the center the team will plan and conduct a pilot study at Boston Medical Center. Te team will also plan future studies at the clinical delivery sites that are affiliated with the Morehouse School of Medicine, a minority institution that has a long- standing history of providing healthcare services to underserved communities.

该应用程序的长期目标是在波士顿大学建立完善的基础设施，以便在患者安全领域进行前沿研究。近年来，随着新信息的出现，患者安全已成为一个重要的公共政策问题，表明每年有大量患者成为可能导致重伤死亡的医疗失误的受害者。经济和文化上处于不利地位的患者可能特别容易出现医疗错误。申请人为患者安全发展中心寻求资金，该中心通常在向低收入、文化弱势群体提供流动护理服务时出现。安全问题包括内科、家庭医学、组织管理、经济学、信息学和统计学。团队成员来自波士顿大学医学院、波士顿医学中心、波士顿大学公共卫生学院和莫尔豪斯医学院。为了拟议中心的目的，该团队与波士顿医疗中心的各个临床部门建立了联系，波士顿医疗中心是一个城市学术医疗中心，为大量医疗补助受益者和未参保个人提供服务。拟议的发展中心将作为培养团队成员在患者安全方面的专业知识并确定团队成员共同感兴趣领域和开发患者安全研究项目的补充技能的工具。他们的团队确定了研究门诊环境中患者安全问题的三个最初兴趣领域：用药错误、手术相关错误和与慢性病管理相关的治疗错误。作为该中心的一部分，该团队将在波士顿医学中心规划并进行试点研究。该团队还将计划在莫尔豪斯医学院附属的临床交付地点进行未来的研究，莫尔豪斯医学院是一家少数派机构，在为服务不足的社区提供医疗保健服务方面拥有悠久的历史。