The Survey of Health Care Managers’ Attitude towards the Implementation of Information and Communication System for the Registration of Medical Errors
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management, medical errors, IT, quality, patient safety.Abstract
The aim of the study has been to examine attitude and motivation of managers of Health Care Establishments for the implementation of information and communication system for the registration and reporting of medical errors. A sociological method: anonymous inquiry sent by e-mail or by post has been used to register the initial information. More than half of the health care managers (59.6% (62)) are willing to implement an information system for the registration of medical errors in their respective health care establishments
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