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. 2018 Mar 13;68(669):e279–e285. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X695489
1. Search: EMIS searches run by practice administrator to identify patients with triggers. Patients identified were exported to worksheets for review by GPs
2. Review: GPs were alerted to undertake a case note review of patient notes using trigger tool worksheets. GPs focused on the preceding 3 months of care to establish a management narrative and identify any areas where patient safety events may have occurred, or may be at risk of occurring
3. Action: To remedy any identified patient safety event, for example, medication monitoring, informing patients about diagnoses, repeating blood tests, and making referrals to other services
4. Reflect: Record free-text reflections on clinical care delivered and any patient safety problems identified. This reflection and the anonymised contents of the worksheet could be exported to use for clinical appraisal