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Sujan, Mark-Alexander, Spurgeon, Peter, Cooke, Matthew, Weale, Andy, Debenham, Philip and Cross, Steve (2015) The development of safety cases for healthcare services : practical experiences, opportunities and challenges. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 140 . pp. 200-207. doi:10.1016/j.ress.2015.03.033 ISSN 0951-8320.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2015.03.033
Abstract
There has been growing interest in the concept of safety cases for medical devices and health information technology, but questions remain about how safety cases can be developed and used meaningfully in the safety management of healthcare services and processes. The paper presents two examples of the development and use of safety cases at a service level in healthcare. These first practical experiences at the service level suggest that safety cases might be a useful tool to support service improvement and communication of safety in healthcare. The paper argues that safety cases might be helpful in supporting healthcare organisations with the adoption of proactive and rigorous safety management practices. However, it is also important to consider the different level of maturity of safety management and regulatory oversight in healthcare. Adaptations to the purpose and use of safety cases might be required, complemented by the provision of education to both practitioners and regulators.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Hospitals -- Patients -- Safety measures, Hospitals -- Risk management, Medical care -- Safety regulations | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Reliability Engineering & System Safety | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0951-8320 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 140 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 200-207 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ress.2015.03.033 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 July 2016 | ||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 July 2016 | ||||||||||
| Funder: | Health Foundation (Great Britain) (HF) |
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