Measuring hospital adverse events: Assessing inter-rater reliability and trigger performance of the Global Trigger Tool

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-274

  Naessens, James M ^a   O'Byrne, Thomas J ^a   Johnson, Matthew G ^a   Vansuch, Monica B ^a   Mcglone, Corey M ^a   Huddleston, Jeanne M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Hospitals; Medical errors; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBAL TRIGGER TOOL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTERED NURSE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARIZONA; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MINNESOTA; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955066167     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq026     Document Type: Article

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