Should an adverse drug event identified without a trigger be included when calculating the ADE measures?
Yes, an adverse drug event (ADE) identified without a trigger does count when calculating the ADE measures. Triggers help to identify some of the more common ADEs but will never identify all of them. Since the purpose of the measure is to monitor overall harm from medications in the organization, every ADE discovered should be included, regardless of how it was found.
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