Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content
Study

The mental health trigger tool: development and testing of a specialized trigger tool for mental health settings.

Sajith SG, Fung D, Chua HC. The Mental Health Trigger Tool: Development and Testing of a Specialized Trigger Tool for Mental Health Settings. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(4):e306-e312. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000606.

Save
Print
July 10, 2019
Sajith SG, Fung D, Chua HC. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(4):e306-e312.
View more articles from the same authors.

Trigger tools allow for automated detection of patient harm from electronic health record data. Researchers developed and tested a 25-item trigger tool for mental health settings that identified virtually every adverse event that was found in confirmatory chart review. The authors suggest that this tool may advance safety efforts in inpatient mental health settings.

Save
Print
Cite
Citation

Sajith SG, Fung D, Chua HC. The Mental Health Trigger Tool: Development and Testing of a Specialized Trigger Tool for Mental Health Settings. J Patient Saf. 2021;17(4):e306-e312. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000606.