From: Identifying ‘avoidable harm’ in family practice: a RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method consensus study
A patient harm outcome is symptomatic with one or all of the following: required more intensive intervention than might otherwise have been required (e.g., additional operative procedure; additional therapeutic treatment); resulted in an escalation of care (e.g., hospital admission, more urgent review in a secondary or tertiary care setting); caused a loss of function of at least one bodily organ, which may have been temporary or permanent; and, death. |