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June 01, 2017 - is internationally recognized for using
routine data to identify disparities in quality and patient safety … In one hospital I
worked at, the microbiologist had to come in to deal with your blood culture. … So, you were encouraged not
to do blood cultures on the weekend. … We published in Quality and Safety in Health Care in 2009; the study received huge amounts of
press … Our hypothesis was that if the
weekend effect was really a quality or safety issue, then we might expect
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June 22, 2017 - Some of this lack of effect
may be due to users engaging in workarounds that bypass safety features … Use of workarounds was associated with new potential safety risks, but the authors note that
workarounds … often represent a reasonable adaptation on the part of frontline staff—especially if the
technology … They therefore advocate for more formal characterization of
workarounds as a part of human factors engineering … approaches to improving safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-errors-retail-pharmacies-wrong-patient-wrong-instructions
March 19, 2019 - Not meeting this Joint Commission requirement and failing to follow the patient safety safeguard of the … National observational study of prescription dispensing accuracy and safety in 50 pharmacies. … The Differences Between Human Error, At-Risk Behavior, and Reckless Behavior Are Key to a Just Culture … March 19, 2019
The safety of electronic prescribing: manifestations, mechanisms, and … and Quality
April 26, 2023
Creating a stronger culture of safety within US
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January 18, 2013 - The case raised many questions about the safety of and errors associated with emergency surgery. … Quality and safety on an acute surgical ward: an exploratory cohort study of process and outcome. … Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on patient outcomes. … April 24, 2018
Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically … ill children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: results of the Bright STAR Collaborative
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January 01, 2021 - hospital-and-system-wide-interventions-health-care-associated-infections-
systematic-review
This systematic review examined effectiveness of … strategies-prevent-healthcare-associated-infections-through-hand-hygiene
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/psychological-safety-and-infection-prevention-practices-results-national-survey … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/psychological-safety-and-infection-prevention-practices-results-national-survey
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January 18, 2023 - healthcare workers and patients after medical
error through mutual healing: another step towards
patient safety … healthcare workers and patients after medical
error through mutual healing: another step towards patient safety … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fatal-solutions-how-healthcare-system-used-tragedy-transform-itself-and-redefine-just-culture
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December 22, 2010 - the American Association of Critical Care
Nursing and the American College of Chest Physicians, calls … for improving patient safety in the intensive
care unit (ICU) by redesigning the ICU work environment … The authors cite the recommendations of the seminal Institute of Medicine reports on medical errors … and health care quality as drivers of their recommendations to carry out multidisciplinary education … and
patient care, encourage patient participation in safety measures, and evaluate providers on their
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February 22, 2023 - socio-cultural dynamics in hospital settings: a study of staff experiences of speaking up across seven … for safety I and safety II. … the time": the surgical safety checklist, patient safety, and the everyday experience of practice variation … July 1, 2016
Implementation of the surgical safety checklist in South Carolina hospitals … May 11, 2016
Surgical team member assessment of the safety of surgery practice in 38
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August 18, 2021 - Improving healthcare systems' disclosures of large-scale adverse events: a Department of Veterans Affairs … staff understanding of the rationale for disclosure. … Improving healthcare systems' disclosures of large-scale adverse events: a Department of Veterans Affairs … November 18, 2016
Exploring the association between organizational culture and large-scale … June 28, 2013
Measuring the cost of hospital adverse patient safety events.
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May 21, 2008 - critical-incident-reporting-system-emergency-medicine
This article explains how critical incident reporting systems and safety … culture can help ensure successful
error reduction efforts in both general and emergency medicine.
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December 24, 2008 - May 24, 2015
Training of Hospital Staff To Respond to a Mass Casualty Incident. … July 13, 2022
Evaluation of Quality, Safety, and Value in Veterans Health Administration … September 15, 2021
Implementing a Program of Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals. … A case of cascade iatrogenesis. … Systemic vulnerabilities to suicide among veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts: review of
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May 19, 2021 - This study explored the association between eight low-value care procedures and length of stay (LOS … overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals using Medicare claims. … September 7, 2022
Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids … March 5, 2008
Association of display of patient photographs in the electronic health … August 7, 2019
The relationship between culture of safety and rate of adverse events
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/should-medical-errors-be-disclosed-pediatric-patients-pediatricians-attitudes-toward-error
June 15, 2011 - The practice of disclosing errors to patients is considered the standard of care, but many physicians … for disclosure in this study suggests that prior work in this area is successfully changing physician culture … February 24, 2011
Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other … October 4, 2011
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Effectiveness of interventions to improve patient handover in surgery: … of patients, clinical staff, and administrators. … February 7, 2024
Standardization and visualization of the surgical time-out. … The impact of medical errors. … December 22, 2010
Creating safety culture on nursing units: human performance and organizational
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April 08, 2011 - The authors argue for surveillance of electronic prescribing in order to detect medication errors . … Lessons learned from a systems approach to engaging patients and families in patient safety … January 24, 2024
Determinants of burnout and other aspects of psychological well-being … May 5, 2021
An intervention to increase situational awareness and the Culture of Mutual … January 20, 2021
Effects of CPOE-based medication ordering on outcomes: an overview of
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December 14, 2022 - , but are
given the time to do it within a culture of safety, where they feel they can speak up (report … Workforce safety is part of patient safety. … There are many lessons here, including communication strategies,
culture, leadership, teamwork training … We wish to promote systems of safety to ensure that safety remains durable, even at times of immense … I have a personal belief that if we unleash
the voice of the patient in quality reporting, we are going
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March 30, 2020 - Most of our work is in patient safety and quality in the hospital space. … The new cross-cutting topics, such as Safety Culture, Teamwork and Communication, etc. also help to highlight … For all of the patient safety topics, we need to think about how to maximize the use of technology. … All of that affects patient safety. … The included cross-cutting topics/practices are: improving safety culture; teamwork and team training
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October 14, 2004 - At a deeper level, physicians need to make sure they do not contribute to a culture in which non-
physician … entry (CPOE) and the electronic medical
record (EMR) create safety mechanisms to assure that important … Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards.
System innovation: Concord Hospital. … Making health care safer: a critical analysis of
patient safety practices. … Patient Safety
Leadership WalkRounds. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2003;29:16-26.
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April 26, 2023 - Workplace culture and human resource availability are common barriers to best practices
To understand … Numerous barriers to reporting exist including fear of
consequences, a culture of blame, perception … and non-punitive manner are needed, as are clear reporting
guidelines and cultures that embrace humility … Quality Use of Medicines – medication safety issues
in naming; look?alike, sound? … The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the
causes and reporting of medication errors
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October 01, 2018 - risk posed by overcrowded EDs
necessitates having a proactive, systems-based approach grounded in a culture … of safety to ensure that the
highest value care is reliably provided to fragile patients seeking emergency … High reliability organizations maintain an institutional culture
preoccupied with rooting out system … a myriad of stressors.(7) In addition to a robust event reporting and safety
infrastructure, high reliability … The long road to patient safety: a status report on the patient
safety systems.