Professor Tengiz Verulava's scientific paper "Analysis of Critical Incident Reporting System as an indicator of quality healthcare in a cardiology center in Tbilisi, Georgia" was published in the Spanish International Journal of Healthcare Quality Research.

Article link:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2603647921001007?dgcid=author
Verulava T, Jorbenadze R. Analysis of Critical Incident Reporting System as an indicator of quality healthcare in a cardiology center in Tbilisi, Georgia. Journal of Healthcare Quality Research. 2021.

The Journal of Healthcare Quality Research is the official journal of the Spanish Society of Quality Healthcare (Sociedad Española de Calidad Asistencial, SECA). It is recognized as an international scientific journal of quality management of medical services. The magazine is published by Elsevier, one of the oldest publishers in Europe (founded in 1880).

The journal is indexed in the SCOPUS International Science Database, see https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100862736

The research was conducted by Chapidze Heart Disease Center, which has been closely connected with Caucasus University for several years.

Research description:

The Critical Incident Reporting System (CIRS) is recognized worldwide as an important patient safety tool that can change staff risk perceptions, increase their vigilance and attention, and raise awareness of best practices. The aim of the paper was to study the problems related to the introduction of the critical incident reporting system in Georgia.