Feedback From 164 Participants
| Category | Percentage of Participants |
|---|---|
| MEADERS = Medication Error and Adverse Drug Event Reporting System. | |
| Note: A total of 164 of 220 participants provided feedback, for a survey response rate of 75%. | |
| Reported at least 1 event | 57 |
| Understood what should be reported | |
| Understood | 82 |
| Somewhat understood | 16 |
| Accessing MEADERS | |
| Little or no difficulty | 96 |
| Great difficulty | 3 |
| Could not access system | 1 |
| Using MEADERS (agreed or strongly agreed) | |
| “It is easy to use.” | 90 |
| Effect of reporting on the user (agreed or strongly agreed) | |
| “It allows me to be candid when reporting errors.” | 79 |
| “It encourages me to learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of others.” | 64 |
| “It increased my own awareness of how errors affect patient care.” | 61 |
| “It has helped me to improve patient care at my practice.” | 41 |
| “It has led to changes in how we practice medicine.” | 25 |
| “It has increased the fear of repercussion in the practice.” | 36 |
| “It takes too much time to submit a report.” | 26 |
| The study had affected their work personally | 26 |
| MEADERS would be used more often if: | |
| “There were a greater awareness of the system’s benefits.” | 50 |
| “I had more time or opportunity to access the system.” | 50 |