Keeping Patients Safe: Interventions Based On Efficacy

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the culture of health care, with the focus of this shift falling squarely on the design and delivery safe patient care.

While it has become a core issue and the central driving force in health care expenditures, uptake in patient safety has been riddled with challenges, such as shifting priorities, limited access to capital/resources, and the complicated process of deciding which intervention to implement. This Marsh Insights highlights the key challenges when implementing patient safety initiatives, which practices best improve patient safety, and assess the economic implications on the health care system, and on society as a whole.