Voluntary electronic reporting of medical errors and adverse events: An analysis of 92,547 reports from 26 acute care hospitals

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-170

  Milch, Catherine E ^a   Salem, Deeb N ^a   Pauker, Stephen G ^a   Lundquist, Thomas G ^a,b,c,d   Kumar, Sanjaya ^e   Chen, Jack ^e  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b I trax Health Management Solutions   (United States)

^c NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Quantros Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Electronic reporting; Error reporting systems; Medical errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN; REGISTERED NURSE; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 33644836206     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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