Measuring hospital adverse events: assessing inter-rater reliability and trigger performance of the Global Trigger Tool.

J. M Naessens; T. J O'Byrne; M. G Johnson; M. B Vansuch; C. M McGlone; J. M Huddleston

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Measuring hospital adverse events: assessing inter-rater reliability and trigger performance of the Global Trigger Tool.

June 30, 2010

Naessens JM, O'Byrne TJ, Johnson MG, et al. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2010;22(4).

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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.

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