linneaus euro-pc
Learning from International Networks about Errors and Understanding Safety in Primary Care (LINNEAUS Euro-PC)
The LINNEAUS Euro-PC collaboration is a co-ordination action funded by the European Union Framework 7 programme. It will seek to address the deficit in activity related to patient safety in primary care and the primary care/secondary care interface in the European Union.
Through building a network of researchers into a pan European network, this co-ordination action will extend the current knowledge and experience from countries where the importance of patient safety is nationally recognised to countries where it is less developed, ensure that there is an appropriate focus on primary care and encourage co-operation and collaboration for future interventions through large scale trials. The project is organised into nine Work Packages, with different Partners leading on these.
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EVENTS
October 2010
How to improve Patient Safety in Primary Care
A series of presentations on the importance of Safety in Primary Care, Safety culture, Diagnostic Error and the Epidemiology and Prevention of medication error.
RESOURCES
November 2010
Linneaus Bibliography on Patient Safety
The LINNEAUS collaboration has commissioned and completed an up-to-date (November 2010) bibliography on patient safety in primary care. We believe that this will be an invaluable resource for researchers.
LINNEAUS EURO-PC is a project funded by the European Union Framework 7 programme (2008-12) within theme 1: Co-operation and Health.
Objectives
- The development of a taxonomy of adverse events and errors to be used in primary care.
- Identify best clinical practice and the way that it improves patient safety through an understanding of decision making and medication errors in primary care.
- Achieve consensus on the measurement of safety culture and leadership in the primary care context and develop agreement on indicators which can be used to assess improvements in safety culture.
Packages
- Project management and coordination activities
- Developing a Taxonomy of Errors for Primary Care
- Medication errors in primary care
- Diagnostic errors in primary care
- Safety Culture and performance
- Learning for patient safety
- Developing interventions for patient safety in nascent organisations
- Patient involvement