Performance of the global assessment of pediatric patient safety (GAPPS) Tool

Pediatrics

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Landrigan, Christopher P ^a,b,c   Stockwell, David ^d,e   Toomey, Sara L ^a,b   Loren, Samuel ^a   Tracy, Michaela ^a   Jang, Jisun ^a   Quinn, Jessica A ^a   Ashrafzadeh, Sepideh ^a   Wang, Michelle ^a   Sharek, Paul J ^f   Parry, Gareth ^g   Schuster, Mark A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF PEDIATRIC PATIENT SAFETY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EVALUATION STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971537147     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-4076     Document Type: Article

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