Assessment of the global trigger tool to measure, monitor and evaluate patient safety in cancer patients: Reliability concerns are raised

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 571-579

  Mattsson, Thea Otto ^a,b   Knudsen, Janne Lehmann ^c   Lauritsen, Jens ^a,b   Brixen, Kim ^a,b   Herrstedt, Jørn ^a,b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; GLOBAL TRIGGER TOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADVERSE EVENTS, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DETECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; TRIGGER TOOLS;

DENMARK; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879421127     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001219     Document Type: Article

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