Addressing patient safety in rapid response activations for nonhospitalized persons.
Lakshminarayana PH, Darby JM, Simmons RL. Addressing Patient Safety in Rapid Response Activations for Nonhospitalized Persons. J Patient Saf. 2017;13(1):14-19. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000098.
Approximately 8% of rapid response team calls at an academic medical center were for patients who were not hospitalized—primarily patients attending outpatient visits or undergoing outpatient procedures. The majority of these patients subsequently required hospital admission.