Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients.

James A. Taylor; Dena Brownstein; Eileen J. Klein; Thomas P. Strandjord

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Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients.

August 22, 2007

Taylor JA, Brownstein D, Klein EJ, et al. J Hosp Med. 2007;2(4):226-33.

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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.

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