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A framework to assess patient-reported adverse outcomes arising during hospitalization.
August 24, 2016
Okoniewska B, Santana MJ, Holroyd-Leduc J, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016;16(a):357.
Patient reports of adverse outcomes are one critical method to detect safety hazards. This study used patient reports of adverse outcomes to develop a framework for identifying adverse events. The authors suggest that patient reports could be used as a trigger tool to prompt review of cases for adverse events.
