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Voluntarily reported emergency department errors.

Henneman PL, Blank FSJ, Smithline HA, et al. Voluntarily Reported Emergency Department Errors. J Patient Saf. 2008;1(3):126-132. doi:10.1097/01.jps.0000175694.39559.12.

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March 2, 2010
Henneman PL, Blank FSJ, Smithline HA, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;1(3):126-132.
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The investigators studied an incentive-based voluntary reporting system in an emergency department and found that approximately half of errors were recovered, mainly by nurses, and that unrecovered errors impacted patients, most often with a delay in hospital stay.

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Henneman PL, Blank FSJ, Smithline HA, et al. Voluntarily Reported Emergency Department Errors. J Patient Saf. 2008;1(3):126-132. doi:10.1097/01.jps.0000175694.39559.12.