%0 Journal Article
%T Introduction of a Mobile Adverse Event Reporting System Is Associated With Participation in Adverse Event Reporting
%A Avery Tung
%A Chuanhong Liao
%A Colin Pesyna
%A Daniel S. Rubin
%A Sharon Jakubczyk
%J American Journal of Medical Quality
%@ 1555-824X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1062860618781920
%X Physicians underutilize adverse event reporting systems. Web-based platforms have increased participation; thus, it was hypothesized that a mobile application would increase adverse event reporting. The authors developed a mobile reporting application for iOS and Android operating systems and performed a retrospective review on reporting rates by clinicians in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care. Monthly reporting rates were calculated for the intervention year and for the 2 prior years (2013-2016). The Wilcoxon rank sum test and ¦Ö2 test were used to evaluate significance. Overall monthly reporting rates for all clinicians were 15.3 ¡À 7 for the first time period, 17.3 ¡À 6 for the second time period, and 27.9 ¡À 7 for the third time period (P = .0035). The majority of reports in the third time period were submitted using the mobile application (193/337, 57%, P = .026). Deployment of a mobile application reduced barriers to adverse event reporting and increased monthly reporting rates for all clinicians
%K adverse event reporting
%K patient safety
%K mobile application
%K anesthesia
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1062860618781920