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Nell’ultimo decennio sono stati compiuti notevoli sforzi per migliorare la sicurezza dell’assistenza sanitaria. I pazienti sono dunque più sicuri di quanto fossero dieci anni fa? La risposta a questa semplice domanda è stranamente elusiva. Sebbene alcuni aspetti della sicurezza (per esempio, la prevenibilità) siano difficili da misurare per ragioni tecniche, il problema più sostanziale è che, malgrado le energie spese e le iniziative attuate, la misurazione e la valutazione non sono state tra le priorità. È una faccenda curiosa. Se siete impegnati nel tentativo di ridurre le patologie cardiache, il cancro o gli incidenti stradali, la prima domanda che vi porrete sarà: “quante persone soffrono di patologie cardiache?”, oppure “quanti incidenti stradali si verificano ogni anno?”, e in seguito vorrete sapere se di anno in anno il numero si va riducendo.
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(2011). La misurazione della sicurezza. In: Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Bellandi, T. (eds) La sicurezza del paziente. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1875-4_6
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