Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 469-476 , April 2009

Use of a Computerized Forcing Function Improves Performance in Ordering Restraints

Presented as an abstract at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, May 2006, San Francisco, CA.

  • Richard T. Griffey, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Richard T. Griffey, MD, MPH, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Box 8072, 660 Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110-1010; 314-747-4899, fax 314-362-0478
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  • Kathleen Wittels, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Nicki Gilboy, RN, MS, CEN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Andrew T. McAfee, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • i3Drug Safety, Waltham, MA

Received 3 September 2007 ,Revised 8 May 2008 ,Accepted 15 May 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: RTG and NG conceived of and designed the study. RTG, KW, and NG performed data collection. RTG and KW managed the data and oversaw data quality control. ATM provided statistical advice on study design. RTG and ATM analyzed the data. RTG drafted the article and all authors contributed to its revision. RTG takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication dates: Available online July 19, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)00850-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.05.035

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 469-476 , April 2009

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