Identification of Adverse Events Occurring during Hospitalization
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 1 February 1990
Troyen A. Brennan, A. Russell Localio, Lucian L. Leape, Nan M. Laird, Lynn Peterson, Howard H. Hiatt
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The majority of adverse events and episodes of negligent care are discoverable with the methods used to evaluate medical records, and the adverse events the authors failed to discover led to less costly malpractice claims.
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The overwhelming majority of adverse events and episodes of negligent care are discoverable with the methods we used to evaluate medical records. Quality assurance efforts using similar record review methods should be further evaluated.
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