Validation of a discharge summary term search method to detect adverse events.
Adverse events are poor health outcomes caused by medical care. Measuring them is necessary for quality improvements, but current detection methods are inadequate. We performed this study to validate a previously derived method of adverse event detection using term searching in physician-dictated discharge summaries.
Author(s): Forster, Alan J, Andrade, Jason, van Walraven, Carl
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1653