The Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Healthcare Management (SEMPSPGS) has reported that the National Study of Adverse Events and Overutilization II (ENEAS II) has achieved the participation of 167 hospitals, nearly 1,450 healthcare professionals, and 22,235 patients included to date, consolidating itself as the largest patient safety research initiative developed in Spain.
"The designed study schedule is being precisely met, such that Phase 1 is practically concluded, and we will soon move to Phase 2," the SEMPSPGS reported in a statement.
The society emphasizes that ENEAS II has established itself as the most far-reaching patient safety research project both nationally and internationally and hopes that it can surpass the "Harvard Medical Practice Study."
For this reason, the SEMPSPGS and the Scientific Directorate of the study wanted to express their gratitude to all the teams involved, whose participation, they point out, is making a project a reality that exceeds the usual expectations of a study of these dimensions, fully integrated into daily care practice and with a relevant capacity to promote the improvement of care quality and patient safety.
In this context, the society reminds that phase 1 will remain active until July 15. From that date, phase 2 will begin, "precisely meeting the study schedule," it added.
Finally, the SEMPSPGS highlights that the study preserves comparability with the original ENEAS and introduces essential advances, including the combination of the cross-sectional design used in recent EA measurement studies with classic longitudinal follow-up in a subsample. "This allows incorporating methodological novelties in the field with comparability with the original sample and with the rest of international studies," it adds.
Likewise, it emphasizes that the traditional approach is expanded towards the analysis of the economic impact of AEs and the overutilization of hospital use due to potentially avoidable hospitalizations, reinforcing a global vision of patient safety and the efficiency of the healthcare system.