Statewide identification of adverse events using retrospective nurse review: Methods and outcomes

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-232

  Silver, Michael P ^a   Hougland, Paul ^b   Elder, Susan ^c   Haug, Jan ^a   Pritchett, Tracey ^d   Donnelly, Steven ^a   Link, Carolyn L ^c   Xu, Wu ^b  

^a HEALTHINSIGHT   (United States)

^b UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d Primaris   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Medical record; Nurse review; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349127368     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/106137407783095784     Document Type: Article

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