Comparison of traditional trigger tool to data warehouse based screening for identifying hospital adverse events.

Kevin J. O'Leary; Vikram K. Devisetty; Amitkumar R. Patel; David Malkenson; Pradeep Sama; William K. Thompson; Matthew P. Landler; Cynthia Barnard; Mark Williams V

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Comparison of traditional trigger tool to data warehouse based screening for identifying hospital adverse events.

October 24, 2012

O'Leary KJ, Devisetty VK, Patel AR, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(2):130-138.

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This study found poor agreement between a traditional trigger tool and the use of automated queries of a data warehouse in identifying of adverse events.

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