REVIEW ARTICLE A Systematic Review of Methods for Medical Record Analysis to Detect Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients Dorthe O. Klein, MSc, PhD,* Roger J.M.W. Rennenberg, MD, PhD,† Richard P. Koopmans, MD, PhD,† and Martin H. Prins, MD, PhD‡ the Dutch...
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REVIEW ARTICLE A Systematic Review of Methods for Medical Record Analysis to Detect Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients Dorthe O. Klein, MSc, PhD,* Roger J.M.W. Rennenberg, MD, PhD,† Richard P. Koopmans, MD, PhD,† and Martin H. Prins, MD, PhD‡ the Dutch Institute for Research in Healthcare evaluated care- Objective: In this systematic review, we evaluate 2 of the most used related harm in Dutch hospitals. It was estimated that yearly ap- trigger tools according to the criteria of the World Health Organization proximately 1700 patients (4.1% of the total number of inpatient for evaluating methods. deaths) die of unintentional preventable harm. Follow-up after Methods: We searched Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane databases for 6 years showed slight improvement, but still 2.6% of the inpatient studies (2000–2017). Studies were included if medical record review (MRR) deaths seemed preventable. In other countries, an incidence be- was performed with either the Global Trigger Tool or the Har
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