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WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan → Korea Patient Safety Act → Ministry of Health and Welfare

보건복지부 (Ministry of Health and Welfare), 의료기관평가인증원 (Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation)

BProbable echo
Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

Three lenses — wording, timing, documented link. Not a single proof score.

Probable echo
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
Official Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.806

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.806); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Could also be…show
  • •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
  • •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
  • •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

Timeline of the echo

4 year lag

From date field: 2021 WHO GPSAP → 2015 Korea Patient Safety Act enacted → 2021 1st Comprehensive Plan · 2015–2025

Interrogate the Evidence

Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.

Bprobable echo · 90%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageOfficial Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)

Matched concepts: Global Patient Safety Action Plan ↔ 환자안전종합계획; patient safety incident reporting ↔ 환자안전 보고학습시스템 (KOPS); zero avoidable harm ↔ 예방 가능한 환자안전사고 예방

Cross-lingual similarity 48/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan → Korea Patient Safety Act | Global Patient Safety Action Plan → 환자안전종합계획

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
Global Patient Safety Action Plan
↓
환자안전종합계획
patient safety incident reporting
↓
환자안전 보고학습시스템 (KOPS)
zero avoidable harm
↓
예방 가능한 환자안전사고 예방

Agenda Arc

Curated

Global purpose, Korean purpose, and precursor stages. Reasoning echo is discourse observation — not proof of coordination.

Global purpose

Drive health systems toward zero avoidable harm with reporting, dedicated staff, and national patient-safety plans.

Korean purpose

대한민국은 2015년 환자안전법을 제정하고 2016년 시행하였으며, 2021년 제1차 환자안전종합계획(2021-2025)을 수립하여 환자안전 보고학습시스템(KOPS) 운영, 환자안전 전담인력 배치, 환자안전사고 보고 의무화 등을 시행 중이다.

환자안전법 (국가법령정보센터) — 대한민국은 2015년 환자안전법을 제정하고 2016년 시행하였으며, 2021년 제1차 환자안전종합계획(2021-2025)을 수립하여 환자안전 보고학습시스템(KOPS) 운영, 환자안전 전담인력 배치, 환자안전사고 보고 의무화 등을 시행 중이다.

Reasoning echo

Observed framing link: WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan → Korea Patient Safety Act | Global Patient Safety Action Plan → 환자안전종합계획. Not a claim of coordination.

Started where

WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030

Started how

Korea Patient Safety Act (2015) preceded GPSAP; 2021 comprehensive plan aligns with WHO objectives (KOPS reporting).

  1. LegislationGlobal2015MOHW
    Korea Patient Safety Act

    Legal basis for reporting and patient-safety infrastructure.

    Primary source
  2. Soft lawKorea2021WHO
    WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan

    Vision of zero avoidable harm; policies and high-reliability systems.

    Primary source
  3. RecommendationGlobal2021–2025MOHW
    Korea 1st Patient Safety Comprehensive Plan

    KOPS reporting-learning system; dedicated patient-safety staff.

Original (Global)

WHO adopted the Global Patient Safety Action Plan① 2021-2030 at the 74th World Health Assembly, setting a vision of zero avoidable harm③ in healthcare through strategic objectives on policies, high-reliability systems, and patient/family engagement.

Echo (Korea)

대한민국은 2015년 환자안전법을 제정하고 2016년 시행하였으며, 2021년 제1차 환자안전종합계획①(2021-2025)을 수립하여 환자안전 보고학습시스템②(KOPS) 운영, 환자안전 전담인력 배치, 환자안전사고③ 보고 의무화 등을 시행 중이다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags

Influence Mechanism

policy learning
Origin
WHO
Timeline

2015–2025

WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan → Korea Patient Safety Act | Global Patient Safety Action Plan → 환자안전종합계획

Sources

Related Patterns

Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

Keywords
환자안전patient safetyGlobal Patient Safety Action PlanGPSAP환자안전법KOPS환자안전 보고학습시스템의료과오의료사고zero avoidable harm예방 가능한 위해환자안전종합계획보건복지부WHO WHA74patient safety incident환자안전사고의료질향상healthcare quality안전문화safety culture고신뢰성 의료
Score Guide
Confidence — Editorial A–D tier from semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.
Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #who-patient-safety-1