The emergency department trigger tool: Multicenter trigger query validation.
Richard T GriffeyRyan M SchneiderKeith E KocherEdmund S H KwokEllen SalmoNora MaloneCarrie SmithCatie GuarnaciaApril RickTamara ClavetPhillip AsaroRich MedlinAlexandre A TodorovPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2024)
The EDTT trigger query performed very well compared to manual review. With some expected variability, trigger frequencies were similar across sites and proportions of triggered records ranged 31%-49%. This demonstrates the feasibility and generalizability of implementing the EDTT query, providing a solid foundation for testing the triggers' utility in detecting AEs.