Validity of retrospective review of medical records as a means of identifying adverse events: Comparison between medical records and accident reports

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Kobayashi, Mia ^a,d   Ikeda, Shunya ^a,d   Kitazawa, Naomi ^b   Sakai, Hideto ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Hospital Administrative Office   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accident report; Adverse event; Medical record; Retrospective review; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT REPORT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

ACCIDENTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; JAPAN; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38349054389     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00818.x     Document Type: Review

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