A review of patient safety measures based on routinely collected hospital data.

Carmen Tsang; William L Palmer; Alex Bottle; Azeem Majeed; Paul P Aylin

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A review of patient safety measures based on routinely collected hospital data.

April 18, 2012

Tsang C, Palmer WL, Bottle A, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(2):154-69.

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The AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) screen administrative data to identify cases of potential adverse events. This review analyzes studies of PSIs and other administrative data screening tools to identify how to refine the accuracy of these tools.

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