title: Guidelines for the uniform reporting of data for Medical Emergency Teams.
abstract: It is more than 15 years since the first Medical Emergency Team (MET) system was introduced to identify patients at risk and prevent serious adverse events in Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia. Since then the MET system has been introduced to many other hospitals in Australia and around the world. Standardised and complete reporting of data related to MET activity is increasingly important to identify the role and benefits of the system and to facilitate quality improvement in health care in general. A uniform method for reporting data related to MET activity will aid interpretation of results, comparisons, review and changes to the MET system. The guidelines for uniform reporting of data in relation to MET activities used in our group of hospitals are presented. Future refinement and consensus agreement on the reporting of MET data internationally should enable comparisons between MET systems in several countries.
authors.affiliation: University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cretikos
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parr
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hillman
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daffurn
authors.forename: Hanh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dinh
authors.forename: Nevenka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Santiano
authors.forename: Lis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team