Review of patient safety indicators
Project summary
Background and methods
Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) have been specifically designed to screen for potential patient safety problems using administrative data. PSI sets are still in the very early stages of development, with a number of methodological concerns yet to be addressed. This literature review will provide a comprehensive guide to PSI research to date. An overview of the current status of patient safety research in general will also be provided. From the results of the review, an online searchable resource will be created for public use.
Project aims
This project will systematically review the research on use of PSIs for measuring adverse events in hospitals. More specifically, the review aims to:
- Determine the application of PSIs within the secondary care setting; attention will be placed on identifying which PSIs are being applied, who they are being used by and how they are utilised.
- Examine efforts to validate the use of PSIs.
Project team
Project outputs
Peer-reviewed paper:
- Tsang C, Palmer W, Bottle A, Majeed A, Aylin P. (2011). A Review of Patient Safety Measures Based on Routinely Collected Hospital Data. American Journal of Medical Quality. PubMed
Report
Tsang C, Palmer W, Aylin P. (2008). Patient safety indicators: A systematic review of the literature. Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality. London: Imperial College London .PSI Report 
Conferences:
- Tsang C, Palmer W, Aylin P. (2009). Patient safety indicators: where next? A systematic review of the literature (poster). International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Berlin. View the poster here
- Tsang C, Palmer W, Aylin P. (2009). Patient safety indicators: Where next? (poster) International Society for Quality in Health Care Conference, Dublin.
Project funder
Project start and end dates
November 2007 - October 2008
