Creating an infrastructure for safety event reporting and analysis in a multicenter pediatric emergency department network

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-130

  Chamberlain, James M ^a   Shaw, Kathy N ^b   Lillis, Kathleen A ^c   Mahajan, Prashant V ^d   Ruddy, Richard M ^e   Lichenstein, Richard ^f   Olsen, Cody S ^g   Dean, J Michael ^g  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care quality; Medical errors; Patient safety; Pediatric patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEER REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY;

CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879894983     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31828043a5     Document Type: Article

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