In this paper, we identify 8 methods used to measure errors and adverse events in health
care and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. We focus on the reliability and validity of …

Promoting patient safety is a national priority. To evaluate interventions for reducing medical
errors and adverse event, effective methods for detecting such events are required. This …

Objective: We sought to characterize the association between patient county-level
vulnerability with postoperative outcomes. Summary Background Data: Although the impact …

Objective: We sought to determine whether hospital variations in surgical mortality were due
to differences in complication rates or failure to rescue rates (ie, case-fatality rates in patients …

Context Currently most automated methods to identify patient safety occurrences rely on
administrative data codes; however, free-text searches of electronic medical records could …

Methods: Using 2005 to 2007 Medicare data, we identified patients undergoing 3 high-risk
cancer operations: gastrectomy, pancreatectomy, and esophagectomy. We first ranked …

Importance The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program (ACS NSQIP) provides feedback to hospitals on risk-adjusted outcomes. It is not …

Background: The treatment of proximal humeral fractures in the elderly remains
controversial. Options include nonoperative treatment, open reduction with internal fixation …

Context Although partial nephrectomy is the preferred treatment for many patients with early-
stage kidney cancer, recent clinical trial data, which demonstrate better survival for patients …

Background The association of different social vulnerability subthemes (ie, socioeconomic
status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, and housing …