TY - JOUR T1 - Patient safety incidents involving acutely sick adults in hospital assessment units in England and Wales: a mixed methods analysis JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - s78 LP - s79 DO - 10.7861/fhj.7.1.s78 VL - 7 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Alexandra Urquhart AU - Andrew Carson-Stevens AU - Sarah Yardley AU - Elin Thomas Y1 - 2020/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/Suppl_1/s78.abstract N2 - Around 6% of medical encounters result in preventable patient safety incidents, and 12% of these result in severe or fatal outcomes.1 The acute medical unit (AMU) was introduced in 2004 to improve patient outcomes by allowing patients referred from general practice to receive specialist medical care faster.2 However, healthcare poses risks to all patients, and it is well documented that acutely sick patients are at heightened risk of unsafe care due to medication errors, treatment delays and complications arising from multiple care handovers.3–6Patient safety is predicated on understanding why errors occur and using this to redesign care … ER -