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Measuring errors and adverse events in health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2003 · Vol. 18(1) · pp. 61–67

Eric J. Thomas✉(Center for Clinical Research (United States))Laura A. Petersen(Baylor College of Medicine)

Patient Safety and Medication Errors Quality and Safety in Healthcare Healthcare Technology and Patient MonitoringMedicineHealth careReliability (semiconductor)Strengths and weaknessesAdverse effectPatient safetyMEDLINEMeasure (data warehouse)ValidityPsychometrics

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HumansMalpracticeSystems AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsBiasMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedAdverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsModels, OrganizationalSafety ManagementMedical Errors

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