Skip to main content
OPEN Research Unit

Patient Safety and Quality

Research areas

The group conducts research in patient safety and quality. Research in patient safety and quality spans several disciplines and covers  a wide range of safety and quality-related topics.

 

Strategic focus areas

Focus areas, objectives, and actions

Objectives

  • Develop valid measures of hospital crowding in a Danish context. 
  • Assess the impact on mortality and patient experiences.

Actions

  • Analyse data from the Region of Southern Denmark and register data, including the Danish National Patient Register, the Cause of Death Register, and others. 
  • Publish at least three articles. 
  • Present results at national and international conferences. 
     

Objectives

  • Compare medication errors identified in patient complaints and incident reports. 
  • Develop recommendations for improving medication processes.

Actions

  • Conduct mixed-methods analyses using OUH data. 
  • Disseminate results in national forums and to management teams. 
     
     

Objectives

  • Develop AI-based tools for systematic analysis of complaints and LUP comments. 
  • Investigate  underreporting and thresholds for submitting complaints. 
  • Publish peer-reviewed research in the field. 
  • Expand the research group. 

Actions

  • Train and validate algorithms using data from OUH and Region Zealand. 
  • Present results to departments and executive management teams.
     

 

Research projects

OP_681 - Selvbestemmelse for patienter
OP_1101 - Complaints guided quality improvement at hospital
OP_1503 - How to conceptualize and measure patient-experienced quality in integrated care? Development of a valid and reliable patient reported experience measure
OP_1661 - Abolition of all or some kinds of psychiatric coercive measures - a European survey
OP_1835 - SKAP - Systematisk kodning og analyse af patientklagesager, etablering af en national kohorte

Last Updated 10.09.2026