The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has created a tool that uses electronic or written patient data to retrospectively identify adverse events in pediatric patients. The tool is called the Global Assessment of Pediatric Patient Safety, or GAPPS.
"This tool will help doctors and other practitioners caring for children to develop safer practices," said Andy Bindman, MD, director of AHRQ. "A reliable trigger tool will help clinicians recognize potential safety concerns quickly from routine information collected from the medical record. Making providers aware of this information will help them avoid similar mistakes in the future."
The trigger tool can:
- Help quality improvement staff identify and report adverse events
- Make adverse events easier to identify and track over time
- Improve understanding about safety vulnerabilities
To learn more about the tool, click here.
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