Allied Health

Investigators at University of New South Wales have published new data on allied health

Published in MD Week, May 22nd, 2009

According to a study from Sydney, Australia, "Incident reporting systems have become a central mechanism of most health services patient safety strategies. In this article we compare health professionals' anonymous, free text responses in an evaluation of a newly implemented electronic incident management system."

"The professions' answers were compared using classic content analysis and Leximancer, a computer assisted text analysis package. The classic analysis identified issues which differentiated the professions. More doctors commented on lack of feedback following incidents and evaluated the system negatively. More allied health staff found that the system lacked...

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Source: MD Week (2009-05-22)

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