Semi-Automated Patient Safety Narratives

This paper follows on from our previous material on patient safety narratives and addresses what to do when a large volume of narratives is required within a restrictive time frame. Various methods can be employed to reduce narrative production timelines and this paper details how a semi-automated approach to narrative writing addresses this challenge.

The term 'Semi-Automated Narrative' describes a narrative prepared by a Medical Writer with Programming collaboration. For a large volume of narratives, this can result in significant time and cost savings, whilst the requisite high quality is maintained. Areas explored in this white paper include:

• Challenges of narrative writing
• Narrative source materials
• Semi-automated narratives
• Why a fully automated approach may not be feasible
• Collaborative working between Medical Writing and Programming
• Quality control
• Tracking and oversight
• Real examples based on extensive experience