Adverse events in healthcare: learning from mistakes.
Rafter N, Hickey A, Condell S, et al. Adverse events in healthcare: learning from mistakes. QJM. 2015;108(4):273-7. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcu145.
This review discusses chart reviews, trigger tools, and voluntary reporting as approaches to monitor adverse events and explores how lack of a standard method to collect and analyze data can hinder progress in determining trends and learning from reported information.