Methods:

An electronic, web based, secure, anonymous reporting system for anesthesiologists was designed and instituted at The Children’s Hospital, Denver. This portal was compared to an existing hospital incident reporting system.

Results:

A total of 150 incidents were reported in the first 3 months of operation, compared to four entered in the same time period 1 year ago.

Conclusion:

An anesthesia-specific anonymous near-miss reporting system, which eases and facilitates data entry and can prospectively identify processes and practices that place patients at risk, was implemented at a large, academic, freestanding children’s hospital. This resulted in a

dramatic increase in reported events and provided data to target and drive quality and process improvement.”
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