Implementation of Electronic Triggers to Identify Diagnostic Errors in Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Missed diagnosis can lead to preventable patient harm.

Objective

To develop and implement a portfolio of electronic triggers (e-triggers) and examine their performance for identifying missed opportunities in diagnosis (MODs) in emergency departments (EDs).

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective medical record review study of ED visits at 1321 Veterans Affairs health care sites, rules-based e-triggers were developed and implemented using a national electronic health record repository. These e-triggers targeted 6 high-risk presentations for MODs in treat-and-release ED visits. A high-risk stroke e-trigger was applied to treat-and-release ED visits from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2020. A symptom-disease dyad e-trigger was applied to visi

SUBMITTER: Vaghani V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612912 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature