Effect of Systematic Physician Cross-checking on Reducing Adverse Events in the Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Yonathan Freund,
Hélène Goulet,
Judith Leblanc,
J. Bokobza,
Patrick Ray,
Maxime Maignan,
Sabine Guinemer,
Jennifer Truchot,
AnneLaure FéralPierssens,
Youri Yordanov,
AnneLaure Philippon,
Edwin Rouff,
Ben Bloom,
Marine Cachanado,
Alexandra Rousseau,
Tabassome Simon,
Bruno Riou
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0607
Subject(s) - medicine , adverse effect , emergency medicine , number needed to treat , emergency department , relative risk , absolute risk reduction , randomized controlled trial , pediatrics , confidence interval , psychiatry
Emergency departments (ED) are environments that are at high risk for medical errors. Previous studies suggested that the proportion of medical errors may decrease when more than 1 physician is involved.
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