2012
Safety Climate and Medical Errors in 62 US Emergency Departments
Camargo CA, Tsai CL, Sullivan AF, Cleary PD, Gordon JA, Guadagnoli E, Kaushal R, Magid DJ, Rao SR, Blumenthal D. Safety Climate and Medical Errors in 62 US Emergency Departments. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2012, 60: 555-563.e20. PMID: 23089089, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.02.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentAdverse eventsNational Emergency Department Safety StudyMedical errorsNational treatment guidelinesUS emergency departmentsPreventable adverse eventsUrban emergency departmentSafety climateTreatment guidelinesED patientsNear missesMedical recordsMultivariable modelSafety studiesSafety climate scoresSystem factorsClimate scoresED conditionsDepartmentPatientsIncidence
2007
The National Emergency Department Safety Study: Study Rationale and Design
Sullivan AF, Camargo CA, Cleary PD, Gordon JA, Guadagnoli E, Kaushal R, Magid DJ, Rao SR, Blumenthal D. The National Emergency Department Safety Study: Study Rationale and Design. Academic Emergency Medicine 2007, 14: 1182-1189. PMID: 18045895, DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Emergency Department Safety StudyEmergency departmentCharacteristics of EDsSafety studiesAcute myocardial infarctionLarge multicenter studyMedical errorsEmergency Medicine NetworkAcute asthmaChart reviewMulticenter studyMyocardial infarctionProcedural sedationED personnelStudy rationaleComprehensive national studyMedicine NetworkFirst comprehensive national studyIdentification of factorsStaff perceptionsStaff reportsNational studyReportAsthmaInfarction