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The Harvard medical practice study trigger system performance in deceased patients

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3839-6

Published Online: 2019-01-08

Published Print: 2019-12

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Klein, Dorthe O. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0182-9569
Rennenberg, Roger J. M. W.

Koopmans, Richard P.

Prins, Martin H.
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Article History

Received: 22 September 2017

Accepted: 18 December 2018

First Online: 8 January 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study protocol was approved by the medical ethics committee of the Maastricht University Medical Centre. Retrospective medical record review of deceased patients is not covered by the WMO. On such retrospective examination, only the Medical Treatment Agreement Act (WGBO) applies and, the Personal Data Protection Act (Wbp) has fallen. Furthermore, it was checked whether the patient included in this study, ever made objections to using their data for study purposes. If so, their data would not have been included.

: Not applicable.

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