Measuring hospital adverse events: assessing inter-rater reliability and trigger performance of the Global Trigger Tool.
Naessens JM, O'Byrne TJ, Johnson MG, et al. Measuring hospital adverse events: assessing inter-rater reliability and trigger performance of the Global Trigger Tool. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2010;22(4). doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzq026.
In this study of randomly selected inpatients at three hospitals, the Global Trigger Tool (developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement) appeared to be a reliable method for identifying adverse events.