Assessing explicit error reporting in the narrative electronic medical record using keyword searching.
In this study, we assessed the explicit reporting of medical errors in the electronic record. We looked for cases in which the provider explicitly stated that he or she or another provider had committed an error. The advantage of the technique is that it is not limited to a specific type of error. Our goals were to 1) measure the rate at which medical errors were documented in medical records, and 2) characterize the types of errors that were reported.
Cao
Hui
H
Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Stetson
Peter
P
Hripcsak
George
G
D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D019300:Medical Errors; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized