Medication events: the experience of the Taiwan patient-safety reporting system (TPR)

Li-Jung Huang; Cathy Wung; Chung-Liang Shih

Medication events: the experience of the Taiwan patient-safety reporting system (TPR)

World Hosp Health Serv. 2009;45(4):19-23.

Authors

Li-Jung Huang¹, Cathy Wung, Chung-Liang Shih

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.

PMID: 20411828

Abstract

Since the IOM's report "To err is human" in 1999, patient safety has become an important issue internationally. Many countries have established reporting systems for patient safety. Department of Health, Executive Yuan, ROC (Taiwan) introduced a nationwide reporting system, "Taiwan Patient-safety Reporting system (TPR)" in December 2003. This study analyzes the 4-year data (2005-2008) of medication events from TPR.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / standards
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / statistics & numerical data
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / trends*
Program Evaluation* / statistics & numerical data
Safety Management*
Taiwan