Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients.
Taylor JA, Brownstein D, Klein EJ, et al. Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients. J Hosp Med. 2007;2(4):226-33.
This study found a significant increase in reporting of near miss events after implementation of an anonymous, electronic system. Past research has also evaluated the role of reporting systems that function independently of traditional incident reporting.