Using a rule-based system to define error in the emergency department.
Kiersten L GurleyJonathan L BursteinRichard E WolfeShamai A GrossmanPublished in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2020)
The development of consensus-based rules may result in a more standardized and practical definition of error in emergency medicine to be used as a QA tool and a basis for research. The most common type of rule broken was not acquiring necessary information. A rule-based definition of medical error in emergency medicine may identify key areas for risk reduction strategies, help standardize medical QA, and improve patient care and physician education.