Purpose This study describes the use of, and modifications and additions made to, the
Global Trigger Tool (GTT) since its first release in 2003, and summarizes its findings with …

Purpose The accuracy, efficiency, and efficacy of four commonly recommended medication
safety assessment methodologies were systematically reviewed. Methods Medical literature …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Iatrogenesis often results from performance
deficiencies among medical team members. Team-targeted rudeness may underlie such …

Identification and measurement of adverse medical events is central to patient safety,
forming a foundation for accountability, prioritizing problems to work on, generating ideas for …

Background In the 10 years since publication of the Institute of Medicine's report To Err Is
Human, extensive efforts have been undertaken to improve patient safety. The success of …

Objective To determine the rate of adverse events associated with endotracheal intubation
in newborns and modifiable factors contributing to these events. Study design We conducted …

rochefort cm & clarke sp (2010) Nurses' work environments, care rationing, job outcomes,
and quality of care on neonatal units. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66 (10), 2213–2224 …

Importance There are few population-based studies addressing trends in neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU) admission and NICU patient-days, especially in the subpopulation that, by …

A byproduct of the transition to electronic health records (EHRs) is the associated
observational data that capture EHR users' granular interactions with the medical record …

OBJECTIVES. The purposes of this study were to develop a pediatric-focused tool for
adverse drug event detection and describe the incidence and characteristics of adverse …