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This document discusses patient safety and the role of health informatics. It defines patient safety as avoiding unintended harm during healthcare. Medical errors and adverse events can be caused by active human errors or latent system failures. The "Swiss cheese" model shows how errors slip through holes in multiple layers of defenses. Clinical incidents include near misses, adverse events like sentinel events and medication errors. Maintaining safety requires adherence to goals like fall prevention and a
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- hrithiksankar
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- EN