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
2008
The Safety of Emergency Care Systems: Results of a Survey of Clinicians in 65 US Emergency Departments
Magid DJ, Sullivan AF, Cleary PD, Rao SR, Gordon JA, Kaushal R, Guadagnoli E, Camargo CA, Blumenthal D. The Safety of Emergency Care Systems: Results of a Survey of Clinicians in 65 US Emergency Departments. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2008, 53: 715-723.e1. PMID: 19054592, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUS emergency departmentsEmergency departmentSurvey of cliniciansED cliniciansUS health care facilitiesPatient safetyNumber of patientsDelivery of careHealth care facilitiesEmergency care systemHigh-risk settingsSafe patient careIll patientsED patientsHalf of respondentsSpecialty consultationClinicians' perceptionsCare facilitiesEmergency careSafe carePatient careEligible respondentsCliniciansPatientsCare system