Impact of Medical Error Survey

Impact of Medical Error Survey

You are invited to take part in a research project investigating the impact of medical error on the family members of the patient. Your participation will be a valuable contribution to patient safety research, and I strongly encourage you to participate if you qualify. If not, please pass it along to others that may be interested in the study.

The invitation that follows is offered by Sherry Worsham, a graduate student at Harvard University. MITSS has agreed to forward this research opportunity to you. We believe this study will be useful for many of us who are doing this work.

Thank you for your time.

Linda K. Kenney

President/Executive Director

You are invited to take part in a research project investigating the effect of medical error on the family members of the patient.

This invitation is offered by Sherry Worsham, a graduate student at Harvard University. The MITSS organization has agreed to forward this research opportunity to you.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. If you choose to participate, you will respond to questions about the medical error experience of a family member.

To be eligible to take part in the study, you must be 18 years of age or older and have a family member that experienced a medical error between the dates of January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2009.Only one member of each family in which a family member has experienced medical error should complete this study. If you are the victim of a medical error please select one family member to complete the survey.

If you completed the questions earlier or are not interested in research participation, please ignore this invitation; however, you are encouraged to forward this invitation to others that might be interested in this study.

To find more information and to tak part in this study, please click on this link: Impact of Medical Error Enter the password: CAT (all caps!)

Thank you,

Sherry Worsham

Email: sworsham@fas.harvard.edu