Using prospective clinical surveillance to identify adverse events in hospital

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 756-763

  Forster, Alan J ^a,b,c,d   Worthington, Jim R ^a   Hawken, Steven ^c,d   Bourke, Michael ^b   Rubens, Fraser ^b   Shojania, Kaveh ^a,b,c,e   Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CLINICAL SURVEILLANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PEER REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; ONTARIO; PEER REVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 80052104403     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.048694     Document Type: Article

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