A Checklist for Patient Safety Rounds at the Care Pathway Level

Authors developed and tested a checklist for the assessment of quality management (QM) activities across departments or pathways in acute care hospitals. The study involved a sample of 292 hospital departments of 74 acute care hospitals across seven European countries. In every hospital, four departments for the conditions: acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke, hip fracture and deliveries participated.

Four measures of QM activities were evaluated at care pathway level focusing on specialized expertise and responsibility (SER), evidence-based organization of pathways (EBOP), patient safety strategies and clinical review (CR).