Adverse events following an emergency department visit
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Use of an electronic information system to identify adverse events resulting in an emergency department visit.
OBJECTIVE There is limited information about the nature of adverse events (AEs) that necessitate an emergency department (ED) visit. The objective of the current study was to demonstrate the feasibility of using routinely collected electronic data to identify AEs in patients presenting to EDs in one Canadian health authority. METHODS This retrospective cross-sectional study occurred in EDs in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quality and Safety in Health Care
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1475-3898,1475-3901
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.017384