Patients and Families Improving Safety in Hospitals by Actively Reporting Experiences

Summary

Hospitals ineffectively examine the safety of their processes by relying on voluntary incident reporting (VIR) by clinical staff who are overworked and afraid to report. VIR captures only 1-10% of events, excludes patients and families, and underdetects events in vulnerable groups like patients with language barriers. Patients and families are vigilant partners in care who are adept at identifying errors and AEs. Failing to actively include patients and families in safety reporting and instead relying on flawed VIR presents an important missed opportunity to improve safety.

Shortened from the sponsor's brief summary. View official record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Conditions studied

• Family Reported Errors and Adverse Events
• Health Disparities
• Family Safety Reporting
• Patient Safety
• Voluntary Incident Reporting
• Quality Improvement

Eligibility basics and study details

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Ages

Any age

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

Sponsor

Boston Children's Hospital

Last updated on ClinicalTrials.gov

March 24, 2026

These are the basic criteria only. The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official record, and the study team decides who can take part.

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