Detection of adverse drug events using an electronic trigger tool.
Lim D, Melucci J, Rizer MK, et al. Detection of adverse drug events using an electronic trigger tool. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2016;73(17 Suppl 4):S112-20. doi:10.2146/ajhp150481.
Trigger tools, which identify possible adverse events in administrative data as a precursor to chart review, are a core method to detect safety hazards. In this study, implementation of a trigger tool successfully uncovered adverse drug events, but there were a significant number of false positive triggers.
Lim D, Melucci J, Rizer MK, et al. Detection of adverse drug events using an electronic trigger tool. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2016;73(17 Suppl 4):S112-20. doi:10.2146/ajhp150481.