Volume 6, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 473–477
A Special Issue: Patients Safety in Integrative Health Care
Open Access
Abstract
Introduction
A
team of interdisciplinary research leaders have taken a novel approach
to support a patient safety culture for spinal manipulation therapy
(SMT) providers. The aim was to devise a team-based approach to identify
modifiable and non-modifiable patient and provider risk factors.
Methods
SafetyNET
has four main areas of inquiry, led by five principal investigators.
The SafetyNET initiative began with qualitative research regarding
patient safety, including identification of potential facilitators and
barriers to patient safety research. Simultaneously, a health law team
is conducting research to identify potential barriers to patient safety
research, including the risk of litigation.
Results
Feedback
from both the qualitative and health law team is informing the
development and implementation of an active surveillance reporting and
learning system. This information in turn, helps inform our basic
science team toward investigation of the potential mechanism of action
for SMT-related adverse events.
Conclusion
One
outcome of the SafetyNET initiative is to provide a model for other
disciplines and jurisdictions with respect to improving safety in
procedures common to several regulated health disciplines.
This article belongs to the Special Issue: Ensuring and Improving Patients Safety in Integrative Health Care.
Abbreviations
- AE, adverse events;
- ASRLS, active surveillance reporting and learning system;
- CAM, complementary and alternative medicine;
- SMT, spinal manipulation therapy
Keywords
- Spinal manipulation therapy;
- Chiropractic;
- Physiotherapist;
- Adverse event;
- Safety
