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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedYao B, Kang H, Gong Y
Data quality assessment of narrative medication error reports.
This study examined the data quality of patient safety event (PSE) reports that are used to analyze the root causes of PSE. If the data quality is poor then the reporting and root cause analysis (RCA) will also be poor. Incomplete or missing data is the most prevalent problem in these reports. The researchers used an adapted taxonomy to assess the data quality of PSE reports, and extracted sample reports based on eight error types. The extracts were scored by experts. They found that most structured fields were ignored by reporters, but the narrative parts of the reports contained rich and valuable information. The results show that the adapted taxonomy could be a promising tool for report quality assessment and improvement.
AHRQ-funded; HS022895.
Citation: Yao B, Kang H, Gong Y .
Data quality assessment of narrative medication error reports.
Stud Health Technol Inform 2019 Aug 9;265:101-06. doi: 10.3233/shti190146..
Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Medication, Medical Errors, Adverse Events, Data, Patient Safety