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Large-scale deployment of the Global Trigger Tool across a large hospital system: refinements for the characterisation of adverse events to support patient safety learning opportunities.
Good VS, Saldaña M, Gilder R, Nicewander D, Kennerly DA. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:25-30.

This study describes a single hospital system's application of the IHI Global Trigger Tool to create learning opportunities, provide local data about adverse events, and drive improvement efforts.
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