The Perception of Patient Safety Strategies by Primary Health Professionals

Katarzyna Kosiek, Adam Depta, Iwona Staniec, Michel Wensing, Maciej Godycki-Cwirko and Anna Kowalczyk
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Katarzyna Kosiek: Family Doctors‘ Clinic, Pomorska 96, 91-402 Lodz, Poland
Adam Depta: Department of Medical Insurance and Health Care Financing, Medical University of Lodz, Lindleya 6, 90-131 Lodz, Poland
Iwona Staniec: Department of Management, Lodz University of Technology, Piotrkowska 266, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Michel Wensing: Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 672, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Maciej Godycki-Cwirko: Centre for Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Lodz, Kopcinskiego 20, 90-153 Lodz, Poland
Anna Kowalczyk: Centre for Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Lodz, Kopcinskiego 20, 90-153 Lodz, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: Almost all European citizens rank patient safety as very or fairly important in their country. However, few patient safety initiatives have been undertaken or implemented in Poland. The aim was to identify patient safety strategies perceived as important in Poland and compare them with those identified in an earlier Dutch study. A web-based survey was conducted among primary healthcare providers in Poland. The findings were compared with those obtained from eight other countries. The strategies regarded as most important in Poland included the use of integrated medical records for communication with specialists and others, patient-held medical records, acceptable workload in general practice, and availability of information technology. However, despite being seen as important, these strategies have not been widely implemented in Poland. This is the first study to identify strategies considered by primary care physicians in Poland to be important for improving patient safety. These strategies differed significantly from those indicated in other countries.

Keywords: patient safety; standard of care; primary care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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