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Patient Safety & Incident Reporting glossary
Terms used in Patient Safety & Incident Reporting and its documentation.
Applies to Patient Safety & Incident Reporting as it works today. Moraph updates the platform continuously, and this page is reviewed when it changes.
Terms used in Patient Safety & Incident Reporting and its documentation.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Incident | An event that reached the patient, whether or not it caused harm. |
| Near miss | An event that could have harmed a patient but did not reach them. |
| Unsafe condition | A hazard that has not yet caused an event. |
| Harm level | The degree of harm to the patient, set by the reviewer at triage. |
| Serious event | An event meeting your organization's criteria for leadership notification, including sentinel events. |
| AHRQ Common Formats | Standard definitions for patient safety event data published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. |
| Patient Safety Organization | The organization you contract with to receive and analyze patient safety data. |
| Patient safety work product | Reports and analyses designated within your patient safety evaluation system, with access limited accordingly. |
| Root-cause analysis | A structured review to find the contributing factors and causes of an event. |
| Corrective action | A change made to prevent recurrence, tracked with evidence and an effectiveness check. |
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