Australian Patient Safety Foundation APSF

This organization was founded in 1989 to monitor anesthesia errors and was expanded to patient incident reporting and monitoring after the findings of the Quality in Australian Health Care Study (QAHCS) in 1995 [9]. Adverse medical events are reported and analyzed through its subsidiary known as Patient Safety International (PSI), using the Advanced Incident Management System (AIMS), a software tool. 

AIMS is used in over 50% of the hospitals in Australia and in 2005 it was adopted by the New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation. The AIMS data remains confidential and is protected from legal actions under the Australian Commonwealth Quality Assurance legislation. 

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