Outpatient Triggers

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The study reviewed outpatient records using 37 triggers derived from outpatient and medication/laboratory trigger sets. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• Inter-rater reliability for adverse event presence, severity, and preventability indicated substantial agreement. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• The five-or-more-medications trigger was common but had very low positive predictive value. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• Most frequently observed triggers tended to have low positive predictive value. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study
• Some triggers require patient contact or alternative surveillance because medical records alone did not identify them. — Characterising adverse events in postdischarge high-risk patients with 6-month follow-up in a Korean tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study