… at least one AE, most of which were preventable. … Plint AC, Newton AS, Stang A, et al. How safe are paediatric emergency …

This article describes emergency department (ED)-related adverse events in pediatric patients presenting to the ED at a pediatric hospital in Canada over a one-year period.  Among 1,319 patients at 3-months follow-up, 33 patients (2.5%) reported an adverse event related to their ED care.  The majority of these events (88%) were preventable. Most of the events involved diagnostic (45.5%) or management issues (51.5%) and resulted in symptoms lasting more than one day (72.7%).

This scoping review of cognitive support technology in the emergency department found that physician use of point-of-care support was the most widely studied. Researchers found that few studies measured actual use of cognitive support. The limited data suggest that real-world use of cognitive support delivered via technology remains low.