Blar i forfatter "Mevik, Kjersti"
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Contribution of adverse events to death of hospitalised patients
Haukland, Ellinor Christin; Mevik, Kjersti; von Plessen, Christian; Nieder, Carsten; Vonen, Barthold (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-13)<i>Background</i> - There is no standardised method to investigate death as a patient safety indicator and we need valid and reliable measurements to use adverse events contributing to death as a quality measure.<p> <p><i>Objective</i> - To investigate the contribution of severe adverse events to death in hospitalised patients and clarify methodological differences using the Global Trigger Tool ... -
Does increasing the size of bi-weekly samples of records influence results when using the Global Trigger Tool? An observational study of retrospective record reviews of two different sample sizes
Mevik, Kjersti; Griffin, Frances A.; Hansen, Tonje Elisabeth; Deilkås, Ellen C Tveter; Vonen, Barthold (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-04-25)<p><i>Objectives - </i>To investigate the impact of increasing sample of records reviewed bi-weekly with the Global Trigger Tool method to identify adverse events in hospitalised patients. <p><i>Design - </i>Retrospective observational study. <p><i>Setting - </i>A Norwegian 524-bed general hospital trust. <p><i>Participants - </i>1920 medical records selected from 1 January to 31 December ... -
Identifying and measuring patient harms. A study of measuring adverse events in hospitalised patients by the Global Trigger Tool record review method
Mevik, Kjersti (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2019-05-24)Patient harms, or adverse events which is the term used in this PhD thesis, is a global health problem. The Global Trigger Tool (GTT) is a widely used method to identify and measure adverse events (AEs). The method involves reviewers searching for triggers (situations) in randomly selected medical records and subsequently identifying AEs. However, the method is criticized due to the time used by ... -
Is a modified Global Trigger Tool method using automatic trigger identification valid when measuring adverse events? A comparison of review methods using automatic and manual trigger identification
Mevik, Kjersti; Hansen, Tonje Elisabeth; Deilkås, Ellen C Tveter; Ringdal, Alexander; Vonen, Barthold (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-08)<p><i>Objectives - </i>To evaluate a modified Global Trigger Tool (GTT) method with manual review of automatic triggered records to measure adverse events. <p><i>Design - </i>A cross-sectional study was performed using the original GTT method as gold standard compared to a modified GTT method. <p><i>Setting - </i>Medium size hospital trust in Northern Norway. <p><i>Participants - </i>One thousand ... -
Is inter-rater reliability of Global Trigger Tool results altered when members of the review team are replaced?
Mevik, Kjersti; Griffin, Frances A.; Hansen, Tonje Elisabeth; Deilkås, Ellen C Tveter; Vonen, Barthold (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-12)<p><i>Objective - </i>To evaluate the inter-rater reliability of results from Global Trigger Tool (GTT) reviews when one of the three reviewers remains consistent, while one or two reviewers rotate. <p><i>Design - </i>Comparison of results from retrospective record review performed as a cross-sectional study with three review teams each consisting of two non-physicians and one physician; Team I ...