Medical Harm: The Taxonomy You’ve Been Waiting For

Webinar Resources

When:	December 11, 2015
What:	What do hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), serious reportable events (SREs), healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and "never events" have in common? They're all forms of medical harm. Medical harm is far too common, affecting more than 8 million patients every year, causing more than 400,000 deaths and costing our nation more than $75 billion dollars. It's easy to engage consumers and policymakers around patient safety discussions but the lexicon can be very difficult to unravel. This Hub webinar provided an in-depth discussion on the different forms of medical harm and a new graphic illustration of how these terms fit together.
Speakers:	Francois de Brantes, Healthcare Incentives Improvement Institute Lisa McGiffert, Safe Patient Project, Consumers Union Susan Smith, New Hampshire Voices for Health Lynn Quincy, Healthcare Value Hub
Resources:	Webinar Products Slide Deck Webinar Recording Hub Products Hub Research Brief: Medical Harm: A Taxonomy Hub Glossary: Healthcare Quality Hub: More Evidence on Medical Harm Hub: Infographic: Types of Medical Harm and How They Overlap External Resources Patient Safety Activation Network Website