Development and Implementation of an Inpatient Mortality Review: a Feasibility Study
Implementation of a hospital-wide mortality review checklist and associated processes was feasible but constraint by organizational barriers. Although physicians and clinical risk managers identified potentially preventable deaths, inter-rater agreement was low. Sustainable integration into routine care will require substantial adaptations to clinical workflows and organizational structures. As part of a broader patient safety efforts, structured mortality review processes may support learning from inpatient deaths.
Authors
- Levente Kriston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-264X)
- Martin Härter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7443-9890)
- Moritz Sebastian Schönfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-8717)
- Katrin Kokartis
- Ann Sophie Schröder
- Hans-Jürgen Bartz
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- National Patient Safety Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Patient Safety
- Published
- 2026-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000001494
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00