Patient safety improvement programmes for primary care. Review of a Delphi procedure and pilot studies by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care

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Table 1. Patient safety: Determinants and possible interventions on patient safety.

Risk areas (examples)	Determinants (examples)	Interventions (examples)
Missed diagnoses	Poor access to primary care	Improving telephone triage
	Incompetent providers	Decision support systems
	Inappropriate acceptance of symptoms	Patient education
		Incident reporting
		Prospective risk analysis
Treatment risks	Incompetent providers	Decision support systems
	Inadequate patient records	Pharmacist involvement
	Poor interprofessional communication	Shared patient records
		Incident reporting
		Prospective risk analysis
Inadequate monitoring of patients	Inadequate patient records	Reminder systems
	Inadequate practice organization	Restructuring of clinical process
		Incident reporting
		Prospective risk analysis
Hygiene risks	Absence of preventive measures	Use of preventive measures
	Vulnerable patients	Active patient involvement
		Incident reporting
		Prospective risk analysis