# Intervention to improve adverse event reporting in the emergency department: Protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis

## TL;DR

This paper outlines a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol to evaluate interventions that improve adverse event reporting in emergency departments for better patient safety.

## Contribution

The study introduces a comprehensive protocol to assess the effectiveness of interventions for adverse event reporting in emergency departments.

## Key findings

- The study will summarize interventions to improve adverse event reporting in emergency departments.
- It will identify effective approaches to enhance adverse event reporting for patient safety.
- A meta-analysis will be conducted if sufficient data is available.

## Abstract

Adverse event reporting is crucial for improving patient safety and identifying areas for improvement in the emergency department. Many interventions have been employed in that regard, and have been found to increase adverse event reporting rates in various settings. All published research that studied the various interventions and their effectiveness on adverse event reporting in the Emergency Department will be reviewed in this paper.

CINAHL, PubMed, Medline, Cochrane Reviews Library, EMBASE, Scopus, OVID, Science Direct and Web of Science will all be searched. Studies published since January 2000 that investigated the interventions to improve adverse event reporting will be included. Two independent reviewers will execute the selection and extraction process, and we will carry out a qualitative synthesis. A meta-analysis, if possible, will be undertaken.

The present study will summarize interventions to improve adverse event reporting. It will also determine effective approaches to enhancing adverse event reporting in the emergency department. The outcome of the study will provide novel dimensions into possible interventions to improve patient safety through adverse event reporting.

Protocol registration and reporting: PROSPERO CRD42023414795.