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1. Medication appropriateness in vulnerable older adults: healthy skepticism of appropriate polypharmacy. | PSNet
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   October 04, 2023 - Review Medication appropriateness in vulnerable older adults: healthy skepticism of appropriate … Medication Appropriateness in Vulnerable Older Adults: Healthy Skepticism of Appropriate Polypharmacy … The authors recommend a criteria set to be applied to guide clinician decision-making to determine appropriate … Medication Appropriateness in Vulnerable Older Adults: Healthy Skepticism of Appropriate Polypharmacy

2. Care Managers Use Software-Aided Medication Review Protocol for Frail, Community-Dwelling Seniors, Leading to More Appropriate Medication Use | PSNet
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   September 13, 2023 - Use Software-Aided Medication Review Protocol for Frail, Community-Dwelling Seniors, Leading to More Appropriate … addressed targeted medication problems, leading to fewer cases of therapeutic duplication and more appropriate … Whereas in the original home health RCT study the program had no significant impact on appropriate use … More appropriate overall and cardiovascular medication use: In the home health study, half of program … The program had no impact on appropriate use of either psychotropic medication or NSAIDs. 

3. The Johns Hopkins Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Collaborative Studies and Implements Methods to Prevent Avoidable Cases of Hospital Associated VTE | PSNet
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   June 19, 2024 - The VTE Collaborative’s efforts to improve the appropriate use of medication for VTE prophylaxis have … Of the patients who received suboptimal care, 27% were not prescribed risk-appropriate prophylaxis and … VTE prophylaxis prescribing found that the percentage of patients who were prescribed appropriate VTE … Make sure nurses have appropriate resources. … Individualized performance feedback to surgical residents improves appropriate venous thromboembolism

4. Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Leading to Death from Pulmonary Embolism | PSNet
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   December 31, 2024 - SPOTLIGHT CASE Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Leading to Death from Pulmonary … Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Leading to Death from Pulmonary Embolism. … Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Leading to Death from Pulmonary Embolism. … After hemodynamic decompensation, low-dose tPA was appropriate given active DOAC treatment, although … Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Leading to Death from Pulmonary Embolism.

5. Advance Alert Monitor Program: An Automated Early Warning System for Adults At Risk for In-Hospital Clinical Deterioration | PSNet
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   October 30, 2024 - to develop and finalize the evidence-based criteria to generate an AAM score and trigger an alert as appropriate … patients who are high risk for clinical deterioration in medical, surgical, and telemetry units so that appropriate … members who will be trained to monitor and review the AAM scores and facilitate the triage process as appropriate … and death. 1 , 2 Early identification of clinical deterioration and developing and implementing an appropriate … Ensure appropriate staffing to effectively support program implementation, including virtual quality

6. High-priority drug-drug interaction clinical decision support overrides in a newly implemented commercial computerized provider order-entry system: override appropriateness and adverse drug events. | PSNet
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   March 09, 2022 - interactions and found that nearly 96% were overridden by providers; of these overrides, 45.4% were deemed appropriate … interactions were overridden 87% of the time, and chart review determined that only 0.5% of these alerts were appropriate

7. Medication Safety Events Related to Diagnostic Imaging | PSNet
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   January 26, 2022 - Varying levels of sedation prior to imaging can be appropriate given the need for patients to remain … higher risk of sedation-related complications, and to proceed with general anesthesia, if clinically appropriate … Reassessments should be implemented into workflows throughout each procedure to ensure safe and appropriate … Although this practice is often appropriate to ensure adequate image quality and improve patient experience … Practice guidelines that specify appropriate timing of patient reassessments should be implemented to

8. Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative hospital initiative: a cost-effectiveness analysis. | PSNet
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   April 14, 2021 - Study Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through … Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative … Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative

9. The impact of the 80-hour work week on appropriate resident case coverage. | PSNet
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   June 18, 2008 - Study The impact of the 80-hour work week on appropriate resident case coverage. … The Impact of the 80-Hour Work Week on Appropriate Resident Case Coverage. … The Impact of the 80-Hour Work Week on Appropriate Resident Case Coverage.

10. Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information for comparing surgical quality. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2014 - Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate … Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information … Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information

11. Inappropriate diagnosis of pneumonia among hospitalized adults. | PSNet
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    July 17, 2024 - Misdiagnosis may delay appropriate treatment and/or result in improper treatment. … July 17, 2024 Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through

12. TRIAD IX: can a patient testimonial safely help ensure prehospital appropriate critical versus end-of-life care? | PSNet
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    April 03, 2017 - Study TRIAD IX: can a patient testimonial safely help ensure prehospital appropriate … TRIAD IX: can a patient testimonial safely help ensure prehospital appropriate critical versus end-of-life … TRIAD IX: can a patient testimonial safely help ensure prehospital appropriate critical versus end-of-life

13. Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts. | PSNet
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    June 24, 2020 - Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate … Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate … Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate … However, even appropriate interruptions require mental effort for evaluation, and can cause fatigue and … Problem lists may not be complete, so appropriate alerts may not be activated.

14. What quality and safety of care for patients admitted to clinically inappropriate wards: a systematic review. | PSNet
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    February 15, 2023 - of patients placed in a nonpreferred location within the hospital because space in the clinically appropriate … varying quality of the evidence has prompted the study team to begin a prospective observational study of appropriate

15. PSNet Curated Library (pdf file)
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    July 10, 2024 - Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Leading to Death from Pulmonary Embolism David Barnes, MD … hemorrhagic-shock-after-elective-spine-surgery-failure-rescue-after-limited-response-nursing https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delay-appropriate-diagnosis-and-treatment-leading-death-pulmonary-embolism … Delay in Appropriate Diagnosis and Treatment Leading to Death from Pulmonary Embolism David Barnes, MD … surveillance-monitoring-improve-patient-safety-acute-hospital-care-units https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delay-appropriate-diagnosis-and-treatment-leading-death-pulmonary-embolism

16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 26, 2025 - The ED workup was unremarkable, and the patient was deemed appropriate for discharge. … perioperative education addressing potential adverse drug events, the severity of these events, and appropriate … management order sets function as a clinical decision support tool for providers in selecting the appropriate … Take-Home Points Education on opioid safety including adverse effects, appropriate dosing, and storage … Effectiveness of organizational interventions on appropriate opioid prescribing for noncancer pain upon

17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 18, 2019 - prompt and ordered the naloxone but did not inform the patient or educate him on its indication and appropriate … include lack of knowledge around prescribing and discomfort with counseling on its use.5  Moreover, appropriate … Through the use of layered learning, professional development, and appropriate clinical decision support … , the appropriate prescribing and use of naloxone to prevent accidental overdose can be achieved.  … Healthcare systems and providers should use multi-layered education to inform patients about appropriate

18. Pharmacist Role in Patient Safety | PSNet
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    June 29, 2020 - hospital and community pharmacist s to assume a greater role in pressing patient safety issues, such as appropriate … However, prescribing errors that are “rule-based” are more appropriate for detection via CPOE and pharmacist … As such, the suitability of CPOE should be assessed, any limitations should be well understood, and appropriate … improvements in medication error rates and play a critical role in the reporting process, such as providing appropriate

19. Renal medication-related clinical decision support (CDS) alerts and overrides in the inpatient setting following implementation of a commercial electronic health record: implications for designing more effective alerts. | PSNet
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    May 20, 2020 - implementation, and monitoring of alert performance to ensure alerts are patient-specific and clinically appropriate … Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate

20. From Pain Relief to Risk: A Case of Suspected Opioid Overdose in a Pediatric Patient | PSNet
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    October 04, 2023 - The ED workup was unremarkable, and the patient was deemed appropriate for discharge. … perioperative education addressing potential adverse drug events, the severity of these events, and appropriate … Take-Home Points Education on opioid safety including adverse effects, appropriate dosing, and storage … Appropriate naloxone prescribing and education can increase the availability of the medication in outpatient … Effectiveness of organizational interventions on appropriate opioid prescribing for noncancer pain upon