The emergency department trigger tool: a novel approach to screening for quality and safety events.

Richard T. Griffey; Ryan M. Schneider; Alexandre A Todorov

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The emergency department trigger tool: a novel approach to screening for quality and safety events.

September 30, 2020

Griffey RT, Schneider RM, Todorov AA. Ann Emerg Med. 2020;76(2):230-240.

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This study assessed the performance of an automated emergency department (ED) trigger tool designed to identify a more efficient sample of adverse event cases for chart review. Beginning with a set of 97 candidate triggers, researchers identified those triggers associated with adverse events and arrived at a narrowed set of 30 triggers, eliminating almost half of the population of records eligible for manual review. This computerized query may eliminate the need for manual screening for triggers.

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