Automated adverse event detection collaborative: electronic adverse event identification, classification, and corrective actions across academic pediatric institutions.

David C. Stockwell; Eric Kirkendall; Stephen Muething; Elizabeth Kloppenborg; Hima Vinodrao; Brian R. Jacobs

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Automated adverse event detection collaborative: electronic adverse event identification, classification, and corrective actions across academic pediatric institutions.

December 18, 2013

Stockwell DC, Kirkendall E, Muething S, et al. J Patient Saf. 2013;9(4):203-10.

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This study investigated the use of an automated adverse event detection system at two academic children's hospitals. Similar to prior studies, the automated triggers detected many more events than voluntary incident reporting systems.

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