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The Canadian Quality and Patient Safety Framework for Health and Social Services. | PSNet
for Health and Social Services. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Legal and Policy Approaches
Provider-Patient Communication
Culture … activities in Canada to focus action, resources, and policy development on supporting care improvement … Book/Report
Patients as Partners: How to Involve Patients and Families in Their Own Care. … Health Shots. National Public Radio. April 10, 2019.
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Variability in collection and use of race/ethnicity and language data in 93 pediatric hospitals. | PSNet
and language data in 93 pediatric hospitals. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Error Analysis
Quality Improvement Strategies
Safety Target … Variability in collection and use of race/ethnicity and language data in 93 pediatric hospitals. … may hinder efforts to identify and eliminate disparities in care. … patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Research Protocol
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Management Strategies to … Older Adults: A Review of Home and Community-Based Services Versus Institutional Care
Systematic Review … Systematic Review
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August 27, 2012
Care Interventions for People Living With Dementia and
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Developing a common language for evaluation questions in quality and safety improvement. | PSNet
in quality and safety improvement. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Quality Improvement Strategies
Resource Type
Review
Target Audience … of such efforts. … Journal Article
Review
Quality of medication use in primary care—mapping the problem, working to a … Journal Article
Review
Bundle interventions used to reduce prescribing and administration errors in
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The urgent need to improve health care quality. Institute of Medicine National Roundtable on Health Care Quality. | PSNet
The urgent need to improve health care quality. … Roundtable on Health Care Quality was organized in 1996 by the Institute of Medicine and consisted of … This 1998 consensus report articulates a definition of health care quality and indicts the US health … Without prescribing a specific approach, the authors call on health care professionals to take the lead … in a national health care quality improvement effort.
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Reversing the Trend: New York State Health Foundation's Diabetes Campaign | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Additionally, diabetes costs the State almost $13 billion a year in health care costs and productivity … Summary of Activities:
NYSHealth has made significant strides in improving chronic care management in … Care Model and a more patient-centered approach. … This program builds upon existing efforts, and encourages additional primary care practices and health … care practitioners in New York State.
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Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access latent classes in Black and White women. | PSNet
health care access latent classes in Black and White women. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Research Directions
Resource Type
Study
Setting of Care
Ambulatory … Breast cancer treatment delays by socioeconomic and health care access latent classes in Black and White … treatment pose a significant threat to patient safety.The authors examined contribution of time to treatment … and treatment duration on racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer outcomes among women in North
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Evaluating efforts to optimize TeamSTEPPS implementation in surgical and pediatric intensive care units. | PSNet
Care
Target Audience
Health Care Providers
Quality and Safety Professionals
Organizational Behaviorists … Evaluating efforts to optimize TeamSTEPPS implementation in surgical and pediatric intensive care units … efforts to develop high reliability organizations. … Quality & safety in health care . 2010; 19 :360-4 . … Journal Article
Study
Educational strategy to reduce medication errors in a neonatal intensive care
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Challenges to nurses' efforts of retrieving, documenting, and communicating patient care information. | PSNet
Journal Article
Study
Published March 13, 2013
Challenges to nurses' efforts of retrieving, documenting … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Communication between Providers
Resource Type
Study
Setting … Challenges to nurses' efforts of retrieving, documenting, and communicating patient care information. … during transition to a computer physician order entry: what they are and what they mean. … Studies in health technology and informatics . 2006; 122 :585-6 .
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Language Barrier | PSNet
.( 7 ) In addition, a Title VI guidance memorandum issued by the Department of Health and Human Services … access plan, and addressing multiple language needs, readers can consult the Health Care Language Services … Interpretation and Translation Services in Health Care: A Survey of US Public and Private Teaching Hospitals … Washington, DC: National Public Health and Hospital Institute; 1995:1-49
6. … The impact of medical interpreter services on the quality of health care: a systematic review.
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The moderate success of quality of care improvement efforts: three observations on the situation. | PSNet
International Journal for Quality in Health Care . 2006; 19 . … International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2006;19(1). doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzl058. … at high reliability, safety culture , and organizational learning as models for safety improvement efforts … and discuss the challenges in applying them to health care. … a safety culture at the Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia.
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Innovative use of the electronic health record to support harm reduction efforts. | PSNet
harm reduction efforts. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Electronic Health Records
Resource Type
Study
Setting of Care … Hospitals
Clinical Area
Infectious Diseases
Target Audience
Health Care Providers
Error Types … Innovative Use of the Electronic Health Record to Support Harm Reduction Efforts. … Researchers describe how they were able to reduce harm resulting from hospital-acquired conditions at
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Impact of providing patients access to electronic health records on quality and safety of care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | PSNet
Journal Article
Review
Published July 8, 2020
Impact of providing patients access to electronic health … records on quality and safety of care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Provider-Patient Communication
Health Literacy Improvement
Patient … Impact of providing patients access to electronic health records on quality and safety of care: a systematic … preventative services.
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Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems: recommendations from AMIA. | PSNet
Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Electronic Health Records
Resource Type
Commentary
Organizational … Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems … information technology (IT) has resulted in various documented improvements in patient safety and care … These broad guidelines are aimed at coordinating diverse efforts from different stakeholder groups to … and National Patient-Safety Goals.
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care.
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Superb access to care that meets patients’ needs and
in their own care, 2) quality improvement in the … engagement in health caredifferent treatment options; discuss with a health care
should be based on … of patients and families in patient care and
improvement efforts in a variety of ways, including quality … Federal and State efforts to promote
reward practices for implementing and maintaining meaningful use … At the Federal and State
incentivizing practices to actively involve patients include levels, increased
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Language proficiency and adverse events in US hospitals: a pilot study. | PSNet
Journal Article
Study
Published February 21, 2007
Language proficiency and adverse events in US hospitals … Int J Qual Health Care . 2007; 19(2) :60-67 . … Audience
Health Care Executives and Administrators
Physicians
Origin/Sponsor
United States of America … Language proficiency and adverse events in US hospitals: a pilot study. … barriers likely impair patients' ability to receive quality health care, but the link between limited
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Medication safety: look-alike/sound-alike drugs in home care. | PSNet
in home care. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Practice Guidelines
Regulation
Continuing Education
Resource … Medication safety: look-alike/sound-alike drugs in home care. … implementation in home care and hospice organizations. … PubMed citation
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The 100,000 Lives Campaign: setting a goal and a deadline for improving health care quality. | PSNet
Journal Article
Commentary
Published January 25, 2006
The 100,000 Lives Campaign: setting a goal and … a deadline for improving health care quality. … Topics
Approach to Improving Safety
Quality Improvement Strategies
Resource Type
Commentary
Setting … of Care
Hospitals
Target Audience
Health Care Providers
Health Care Executives and Administrators … how these propose to improve the standard of care nationwide.
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Improving the quality of health care: who will lead? | PSNet
Journal Article
Commentary
Published March 6, 2005
Improving the quality of health care: who will … Topics
Resource Type
Commentary
Target Audience
Health Care Providers
Health Care Executives and … Improving the quality of health care: who will lead? … this review, Becher and Chassin discuss the persistent “quality chasm” that exists in the health care … current gaps in health care quality.