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Toward improving patient safety through voluntary peer-to-peer assessment.

Hudson DW, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost P, et al. Toward improving patient safety through voluntary peer-to-peer assessment. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(3):201-9. doi:10.1177/1062860611421981.

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May 24, 2012
Hudson DW, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost P, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(3):201-9.
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To detect and analyze errors, health care has traditionally relied on retrospective methods such as incident reporting and root cause analysis. This commentary draws a contrast between this approach and that used in the nuclear power industry, which focuses on prospective error detection through the use of a robust peer-to-peer assessment process. Nuclear power facilities can request peer review by an independent non-regulatory body, which conducts a detailed safety assessment and makes specific recommendations for safety improvement. The authors recommend developing a similar process for hospitals and discuss barriers that would need to be overcome in order to implement such a process.

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Hudson DW, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost P, et al. Toward improving patient safety through voluntary peer-to-peer assessment. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(3):201-9. doi:10.1177/1062860611421981.