Development of a trigger tool to identify adverse events and no-harm incidents that affect patients admitted to home healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Development of a trigger tool to identify adverse events and no-harm incidents that affect patients admitted to home healthcare. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published September 2017

Development of a trigger tool to identify adverse events and no-harm incidents that affect patients admitted to home healthcare.

Lindblad M, Schildmeijer K, Nilsson L, Ekstedt M, Unbeck M. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Sep 29; [Epub ahead of print].

This study describes the development and validation of a trigger tool to identify possible adverse events among patients receiving home health care. The final result of 38 triggers with an overall positive predictive value of 41% suggests that this approach may be valid, if time-intensive, for safety work in home health care.

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