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SynthesisBMJ open quality2020

Prioritising recommendations following analyses of adverse events in healthcare: a systematic review.

Kelly Bos, Maarten J van der Laan, Dave A Dongelmans

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in BMJ open quality, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kelly BosDepartment of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC - location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands k.bos@amsterdamumc.nl.
Maarten J van der LaanDepartment of Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Dave A DongelmansDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC - location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this systematic review was to identify an appropriate method-a user-friendly and validated method-that prioritises recommendations following analyses of adverse events (AEs) based on objective features. DATA SOURCES: The electronic databases PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase (Ovid), Cochrane Library, PsycINFO (Ovid) and ERIC (Ovid) were searched. STUDY SELECTION: Studies were considered eligible when reporting on methods to prioritise recommendations. DATA EXTRACTION: Two teams of reviewers performed the data extraction which was defined prior to this phase. RESULTS OF DATA SYNTHESIS: Eleven methods were identified that are designed to prioritise recommendations. After completing the data extraction, none of the methods met all the predefined criteria. Nine methods were considered user-friendly. One study validated the developed method. Five methods prioritised recommendations based on objective features, not affected by personal opinion or knowledge and expected to be reproducible by different users.

conclusionThere are several methods available to prioritise recommendations following analyses of AEs. All these methods can be used to discuss and select recommendations for implementation. None of the methods is a user-friendly and validated method that prioritises recommendations based on objective features. Although there are possibilities to further improve their features, the 'Typology of safety functions' by de Dianous and Fiévez, and the 'Hierarchy of hazard controls' by McCaughan have the most potential to select high-quality recommendations as they have only a few clearly defined categories in a well-arranged ordinal sequence.

Indexed as

Delivery of Health CareHealth PrioritiesHumansMedical ErrorsQuality Improvementadverse eventsepidemiology and detectionincident reportingpatient safetyquality improvementroot cause analysis

Identifiers

PMID33037042
PMCPMC7549482

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