1. CareTrack Kids—part 3. Adverse events in children's healthcare in Australia: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review
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Peter Lachman, Sarah Dalton, Peter Hibbert, Andrew R. Hallahan, Adam Jaffe, Tamara D Hooper, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Helena Williams, Louise Wiles, William B. Runciman, Stephen E. Muething, Gavin R. Wheaton, Les White, Hibbert, Peter D, Hallahan, Andrew R, Muething, Stephen E, Lachman, Peter, Hooper, Tamara D, Wiles, Louise K, Jaffe, Adam, White, Les, Wheaton, Gavin R, Runciman, William B, Dalton, Sarah, Williams, Helena M, and Braithwaite, Jeffrey
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Quality Assurance, Health Care ,Child Health Services ,rates ,Medical Records ,0302 clinical medicine ,international classification ,Clinical Protocols ,Health care ,patient safety ,Protocol ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,focused trigger tool ,Child ,Medical Errors ,030503 health policy & services ,Medical record ,Health services research ,General Medicine ,3. Good health ,quality ,Child, Preschool ,Health Services Research ,Patient Safety ,0305 other medical science ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,hospitalized-patients ,unit ,education ,Audit ,03 medical and health sciences ,Patient safety ,Nursing ,framework ,Humans ,Adverse effect ,Quality Indicators, Health Care ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Australia ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Retrospective cohort study ,Harm ,Family medicine ,AUDIT ,business ,harm - Abstract
Introduction: A high-quality health system should deliver care that is free from harm. Few large-scale studies of adverse events have been undertaken in children's healthcare internationally, and none in Australia. The aim of this study is to measure the frequency and types of adverse events encountered in Australian paediatric care in a range of healthcare settings. Methods and analysis: A form of retrospective medical record review, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's Global Trigger Tool, will be modified to collect data. Records of children aged
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- 2015