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221. Cybersecurity and How to Maintain Patient Safety | PSNet
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     March 27, 2024 - These efforts aim to establish comprehensive frameworks, guidelines, and regulations to safeguard the … director of cybersecurity who understands both security and clinical work and can oversee cyber-awareness programs … Mossburg: What are some mistakes that organizations might make when it comes to their cybersecurity programs … John Riggi: One of the first challenges is if the organization does not have a cybersecurity program … In this day and age, we need a cybersecurity program, and we would strongly suggest that there is an

222. Impatient Inpatient Dosing | PSNet
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     June 24, 2020 - WARFDOCs was developed as part of an AHRQ-funded patient-safety project. … The WARFDOCs program projects that the steady-state dose is still 3.55 mg, and it predicts that giving … This would require no work by the physician, and the program would seamlessly provide data upon which … Prospective comparative study of computer programs used for management of warfarin. … Comprehensive Hemostasis and Antithrombotic Service (CHAS). March 2005. 23.

223. Are Residency Duty Hour Rules Improving Patient Safety? | PSNet
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     April 01, 2013 - graduate medical education in the United States, including all accredited residency and fellowship programs … Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital. … A series of relatively small studies has been done by programs that implemented these types of changes … RW : Can you talk a little bit about napping and other strategies that may impact a given program or … CL : A lot of industries have implemented nap programs as one aspect of a comprehensive approach to dealing

224. Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events | PSNet
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     December 15, 2024 - The Joint Commission has named improving medication safety as a  National Patient Safety Goal  for both … initiatives to reduce inappropriate opioid prescribing, including enhanced prescription drug monitoring programs … These programs are summarized in a 2016  Annual Perspective  and a 2017  PSNet perspective . … And in 2017, the World Health Organization launched its  Medication Without Harm program  as part of … its Global Patient Safety Challenges initiative.

225. Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety | PSNet
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     August 30, 2023 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) programs like the home and community-based services … Importantly, using a coordinated and comprehensive approach like the recommendations presented in the … Editor’s note: Patricia McGaffigan is the Vice President for Safety Programs at the Institute for … officer, and senior vice president of programs prior to our 2017 merger with the Institute for Healthcare … We are partnering with other academic programs to do the same. 

226. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - The safety and efficacy of rtPA in routine clinical use has been subsequently confirmed in a large cohort … care in the United States.(14) Various state-based agencies, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program … Barrett, MD, MSc Consultant Associate Professor of Neurology Director, Neurohospitalist Fellowship Program

227. Defensive Medicine: "Glowing" with Pain | PSNet
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     November 01, 2012 - Defensive Medicine: An Issue of Cost and Safety In 2007, total national health care spending was $2.3 … varies in the literature, it is clear that defensive medicine is commonplace.( 6 ) For example, a 1994 comprehensive … Defensive medicine is a threat to patient safety: the patient in this case received doses of radiation … Sethi, MD Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program Harvard Medical School     References 1. … Malpractice liability costs and the practice of medicine in the Medicare program.

228. Fatal Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression | PSNet
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     May 26, 2021 - These best practices include, but are not limited to, comprehensive identification and assessment of … Safety Issues with Patient Controlled Analgesia Part II - How To Prevent Errors ISMP Medication Safety … San Diego Patient Safety Council. … Safety) . … participation in surgical operations on postoperative outcomes: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

229. Diagnostic Overshadowing Dangers | PSNet
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     February 12, 2020 - other subjective behaviors with objective evidence, such as data from prescription data monitoring programs … Diagnostic overshadowing is an important yet under-recognized patient safety issue. … Clinician impression versus prescription drug monitoring program criteria in the assessment of drug-seeking … Patient safety strategies targeted at diagnostic errors: a systematic review. … Enhancing implementation of the I-PASS handoff tool using a provider handoff task force at a Comprehensive

230. In Conversation with... Patricia McGaffigan about Beyond the Pandemic: Creating Total Systems Safety | PSNet
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     August 30, 2023 - Programs at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and President of the Certification Board for Professionals … officer, and senior vice president of programs prior to our 2017 merger with the Institute for Healthcare … We are partnering with other academic programs to do the same.  … The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) programs like the home and community-based services … Importantly, using a coordinated and comprehensive approach like the recommendations presented in the

231. AHRQ PSNet Annual Perspective: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patient Safety | PSNet
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     August 31, 2020 - be systematically relied upon to guide treatment decisions, developers need to proactively develop comprehensive … safety of non-healthcare essential workers. … policymakers learn from past experiences to facilitate an effective and efficient nationwide vaccination program … For example, primary care providers have historically played a critical role in vaccination programs, … Stocking, PhD, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Quality and Safety Analyst/Patient Safety Professional Department

232. Addressing Workplace Violence and Creating a Safer Workplace | PSNet
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     October 31, 2023 - a comprehensive safety program overseen by senior leaders and clinical leader oversight for accountability … Development of programs to prevent and address workplace violence should be complemented by programs … of Nursing’s PhD program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … and PhD/post-doctoral programs. … Workplace violence training programs for health care workers: an analysis of program elements. 

233. Approach to Improving Patient Safety: Communication | PSNet
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     August 31, 2020 - Approach to Improving Patient Safety: Communication . PSNet [internet]. … Approach to Improving Patient Safety: Communication . PSNet [internet]. … Perspective authors reviewed articles related to communication and patient safety added to the AHRQ … More discrete interventions include the use of discharge education programs and simplified discharge … Approach to Improving Patient Safety: Communication . PSNet [internet].

234. A Sweet Case of Hidden Hydrogen Ions | PSNet
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     November 30, 2023 - Approach to Improving Safety & Patient Safety Target  The process of admitting patients from the ED … Effective communication between medical teams can improve patient safety and decrease preventable errors … Increasing Hospitalizations for DKA: A Need for Prevention Programs.  … & Patient Safety Target  Systems Change Needed/Quality Improvement Approach  Take-Home Points  … May 19, 2021 Perspective Medical Scribes and Patient Safety

235. How to Identify and Manage Problem Behaviors | PSNet
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     December 01, 2009 - Education and training programs should be implemented at several different levels. … It may include coaching or a comprehensive mental health evaluation for the professional. … Some reorganize their practices, add capacity, obtain coaching, or receive comprehensive mental health … For example, do malpractice carriers believe that this kind of a vigorous program ultimately saves them … years of claims experience of a defined cohort of surgeons suggests that a peer-based intervention program

236. To Dilute or Not Dilute: Drug Errors and Consequences in the Operating Room | PSNet
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     July 28, 2021 - unique challenge as it bypasses the safety checks established in other parts of the hospital. … Medication safety in the operating room: literature and expert-based recommendations. … May 31, 2017 A comprehensive obstetric patient safety program reduces liability claims … October 20, 2014 Impact of a comprehensive patient safety strategy on obstetric adverse … June 22, 2017 Patient safety strategies: are we on the same team?

237. In Conversation with...Steven J. Spear, DBA, MS, MS | PSNet
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     August 01, 2009 - RW: Anything else you'd like to talk about in the safety and quality world? … For example, staff repeatedly work around safety-related warnings to obtain and administer excessively … To Do No Harm: Ensuring Patient Safety in Health Care Organizations. … Implementing and validating a comprehensive unit-based safety program. … Program?

238. Collegiality vs. Competence | PSNet
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     August 28, 2024 - Poliner to interfere with his business rather than to promote patient safety. … All hospitals should have robust programs to thoroughly educate members of credentialing and peer review … Medical staffs should strive to create a culture of excellence and patient safety and move away from … Sagin, MD, JD Vice President and National Medical Director The Greeley Company References 1. 2006 Comprehensive … March 18, 2010 Perspective The Wild West: Patient Safety

239. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Safety of Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes | PSNet
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     April 10, 2024 - announced it had tasked a contractor to form an independent commission responsible for conducting a comprehensive … in order to receive any funding from those federal programs. 80 Despite improvements in NHs cases of … https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/SNFsCOVID_19.aspx California Association of … How Does Infection Prevention Fit Into a Safety Program? … Primers Post-Acute Transitional Services: Safety in Home-Based Care Programs April

240. Dying in the Hospital With Advanced Dementia | PSNet
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     November 01, 2016 - provide such education, which may be required for state licensure or by the ACGME for residency training programs … Fourth, the NAM recommends that government and commercial payers cover comprehensive care programs for … Umscheid, MD, MSCE Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology Vice Chair for Quality and Safety … Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST): outcomes in a PACE program. … Finding John Doe: Patient matching and the need for a national patient safety identifier.