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31.05.2022 | Original Article
Process-Oriented Risk Analysis (PORA) in Academic Surgical Departments in Germany
Erschienen in: Indian Journal of Surgery | Ausgabe 2/2023
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Risk assessment in operative medicine is a key aspect for patient safety. The aim of this paper is to outline the degree of dissemination of a standardized procedure for risk analysis, process-oriented risk analysis, at German university hospitals.
Process-oriented risk analysis represents a standardized procedure for the analysis of adverse events within the framework of clinical risk management. In this study, 262 full professors of German university hospitals were surveyed in November 2020 regarding the use of this instrument.
The response rate was 17%. The analysis showed that 29% of the respondents already introduced the process-oriented risk analysis in their department. Further, 97% of the respondents were willing to standardize clinical processes with regard to patient safety. Moreover, 95% of the respondents said that a risk analysis and the resulting implementation of new procedural measures were important.
It could be shown that the readiness for the procedural consideration of clinical processes with regard to patient safety is 92%. Currently, there is a lack of scientific evidence on the effectiveness and efficiency of the process-oriented risk analysis which is why further studies are needed to achieve a comprehensive understanding of this tool.