Information Systems and Patient Safety Incident Reports: A Systematic Review of Literature and Observational Incident Reporting System in Hospitals

Savitri Citra Budi, S.K.M., M.P.H. ; Prof. dr. Sunartini Sp.A(K), Ph.D. ; dr. M. Lutfan Lazuardi, M.Kes., Ph.D. ; dr. Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, MPH., Ph.D (2019)


An electronic patient safety incident reporting system is established as an effort to save patients, health workers and management from the second incident to recur. It requires all staff’s participation to develop an effective incident reporting culture. Objectives: To explore articles about the patient safety incident reporting system, and observe the incident reporting system in type B hospitals in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Method: Undertaking a systematic review of literature along with the keyword “(patient safety) AND (hospital incident reports* OR patient safety event reporting)” based on the PRISMA reporting guide and conducting observational studies on the incident reporting system in type B hospitals in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Results: A systematic review presents a pattern of patient safety related to incident reporting systems: procedures, data content, goals, challenges, improvement efforts, and inhibiting factors for incident reporting so as to provide information for the development of incident reporting systems. Conclusion: An electronic incident reporting system can increase officers’ motivation to report incidents, and facilitate the patient safety team to analyze the incident reports and report the results.

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