Multicenter Test of an Emergency Department Trigger Tool for Detecting Adverse Events.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Traditional approaches to safety and quality screening in the emergency department (ED) are porous and low yield for identifying adverse events (AEs). A better approach may be in the use of trigger tool methodology. We recently developed a novel ED trigger tool using a multidisciplinary, multicenter approach. We conducted a multicenter test of this tool and assess its performance.

Methods

In design and participants, we studied the ED trigger tool for a 13-month period at four EDs. All patients 18 years and older with Emergency Severity Index acuity levels of 1 to 3 seen by a provider were eligible. Reviewers completed standardized training modules. Each site reviewed 50 randomly selected visits per month. A first-level reviewer screened for presence of predefined

SUBMITTER: Griffey RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6343477 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature