Understanding interrater reliability and validity of risk assessment tools used to predict adverse clinical events. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Understanding interrater reliability and validity of risk assessment tools used to predict adverse clinical events. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published January 2017

Understanding interrater reliability and validity of risk assessment tools used to predict adverse clinical events.

Siedlecki SL, Albert NM. Clin Nurse Spec. 2017;31:23-29.

The ability to proactively identify and mitigate risk is key to safety improvement. This commentary describes several risk assessment tools available to develop estimates of potential adverse events and discusses how to ensure those assessments are valid and reliable.

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