Biomedical subjects

Arbeitsgruppe Komplikationenliste

Publications and source records attributed to Arbeitsgruppe Komplikationenliste.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2005

[Errors and complications in internal medicine].

The "Komplikationenliste" (list of complications) of the association of the heads of departments of the Swiss society of internal medicine is a clinical tool for the registration and reduction of complications/errors of medical treatment. It is the aim to improve patient safety in hospital medicine. By the systematic and prospective analysis of interventions and complications in the 26 participating medical departments it is possible to collect also rare incidents. All the complications and errors are communicated to all the departments of internal medicine in Switzerland in order to reduce them. The principle for the reduction of such events is the elimination of unsafe actions and conditions and apparently harmless errors in daily diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in order to avoid potentially serious consequences.

Cross-Sectional Studies↗

PubMed2005

[List of complications--reduction of errors and complications by elimination of unsafe actions and conditions].

The "Komplikationenliste " (list of complications) of the association of the heads of departments of the Swiss society of internal medicine is a clinical tool for the registration and reduction of complications/errors of medical treatment. It is the aim to improve patient safety in hospital medicine. By the systematic and prospective analysis of interventions and complications in the participating medical departments it is possible to collect also rare incidents. All the complications and errors are communicated to all the departments of internal medicine in Switzerland in order to reduce them. The principle for the reduction of such events is the elimination of unsafe actions and conditions and apparently harmless errors in daily diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in order to avoid the potentially serious consequences.

Decision Support Systems, Clinical↗

PubMed2004

[The prospective survey of risk interventions and their complications in internal medicine wards].

The organization of the heads of hospital departments of the Swiss Society of Internal Medicine is conducting the prospective program "Komplikationenliste" for the registration of type and number of interventions and related complications (both at a case- and statistical level) in patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments. The information collected from the clinics voluntarily participating in the program is periodically commented by field experts and made available in anonymous form to all departments of the country, with the goal to improve patient safety. Through the multi-centric approach, it is also possible to identify the quantitative significance of rare complications, allowing preventive measures also in hospitals where a particular complication has not yet occurred. This system is expected to improve the quality of patient treatment in the whole country. The systematic approach allows that the department heads improve their measures for the reduction of complications of medical interventions, and take responsibility in terms of patient treatment and hospital costs. This program, which has started in 1998, has included 138,320 patients by December 2003.

Hospital Units↗