Detecting and reducing adverse events in an Australian rural base hospital emergency department using medical record screening and review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-40

  Wolff, A M ^a   Bourke, J ^a  

^a Wimmera Health Care Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

EID: 0036147808     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.1.35     Document Type: Article

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