Enhancing Taiwan Patient-safety Reporting Volume through Patient Safety WalkRounds 

Chien-Kai Lo^{* 12}, Yen-Chun Lai¹, Yu-Shan Tasi¹, Cheng-Cheng Wang³ 

¹Medical Quality Division, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan ² The Institute of Health Policy and Management, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ²Deputy Superintendent, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan 

 

Objectives: The Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare initiated the Taiwan Patient-safety Reporting system (TPR) in 2003, adopting a non-punitive approach to collect abnormal events related to patient safety in the hospital of Taiwan. However, the reported incidents in Taiwan's hospitals are generally lower than the international average. This study aims to investigate the application of Patient Safety WalkRounds to enhance the reporting volume in the Taiwan Patient-safety Reporting system.