Use of an electronic information system to identify adverse events resulting in an emergency department visit.

Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz; Neil J. MacKinnon; Peter J. Zed; Nancy G. Murphy

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Use of an electronic information system to identify adverse events resulting in an emergency department visit.

January 19, 2011

Ackroyd-Stolarz S, MacKinnon NJ, Zed PJ, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19(6):e53.

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This study used routinely collected electronic data to uncover information about adverse events not easily captured through other mechanisms.

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