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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49501/psn-pdf
February 03, 2006 - and safety in the
ED. … providers and their teams, as well as the quality and safety of the system. … ACEP Patient Safety Task Force. Patient Safety in the Emergency Department. … Profiles in patient safety:
emergency care transitions. … Culture and high reliability organizations: the case of the nuclear submarine. J
Manage.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-suicide-preventing-common-sentinel-event
May 28, 2015 - This article reviews the suicide rate in hospitals, related risk factors, methods of suicidal behavior … pump work arounds: a study of 3 U.S. health systems. … prevalence, preventability, type of medication errors and risk factors. … 2024
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-standardized-citywide-process-managing-smart-pump-drug-libraries
June 07, 2017 - Commentary
Development of a standardized, citywide process for managing smart-pump … Development of a standardized, citywide process for managing smart-pump drug libraries. … September 25, 2019
The medication kit conundrum: considerations to enhance safety and … interventions to address burnout in hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety … pump work arounds: a study of 3 U.S. health systems.
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January 01, 2020 - can be
safely utilized in an inpatient setting
• Discuss recommended practices to optimize patient safety … setting
but cannot demonstrate critical skills during a hospitalization.
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Approach to Improving Safety … with diabetes
technology and expertise recognizing/managing problems.
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Approach to Improving Safety … Approach to Improving Safety (5)
Protocols and Technology (cont … An Overview of Safety Issues on Use of Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose
Monitoring Systems in the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/are-residency-duty-hour-rules-improving-patient-safety
April 01, 2013 - Of course, the safety of the patients presently being cared for in hospitals and clinics is of paramount … This means that the local context (not just the schedules but the quality of the residents, the culture … Do certain schedules, or other matters of culture, information technology, and leadership, lead to better … Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety. … safety over the course of a 5- or 6-year time horizon.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33861/psn-pdf
July 01, 2018 - Schiff is Associate Director of Brigham and Women's Center for Patient Safety Research
and Practice, … Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Quality and Safety Director
for the … safety
movement? … Getting
better follow-up and feedback and creating the conditions that support such a culture of partnership … Those kinds of things will create a culture, foster the
preconditions for better diagnosis, and allow
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/insulin-administration-pen-vs-vial-similar-not-interchangeable
December 20, 2023 - Approach to Improving Safety Cultivating a culture of communication and collaboration across providers … plays a vital role in patient safety by decreasing risk for errors during transitions of care. … Systems Change Needed Patient safety is an inherent responsibility of the clinical microsystem. … problems. 12 This approach recognizes that patient safety is the result of the collective efforts of … A survey of physician and nurse knowledge, attitudes, and practices around injection safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/central-not-epidural
August 28, 2024 - Recognizing human limitations allows us to design safety measures to mitigate the risk of human error … preventing tubing misconnections is a part of the World Health Organization's "Nine patient safety solutions … Many manufacturers have already changed the design of their products to increase safety, but health care … While we wait, we must increase awareness of human factors and create a health care culture that responds … safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/846125/psn-pdf
March 15, 2023 - The first step and the
foundation of the I-READI framework is the integration of quality and safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#1
Just over a week after the identification of the first safety incidents … rounds with review of real-time patient data and systematic patient safety checklists
Ability to convene … regular meetings
A culture of trust, commitment, teamwork, and flexibility
Processes for gathering … communication with frontline clinicians to be aware of real-time safety issues
and to be able to respond
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/artificial-intelligence-and-patient-safety-promise-and-challenges
March 27, 2024 - Current Applications for Patient Safety Most uses of AI to increase patient safety are still in the research … One of the most common potential applications of AI for patient safety is risk prediction—for example … First, we have a patient who is hypotensive, tachycardic with fever, and positive blood cultures immediately … What are some risks of AI implementation to patient safety that we should be cognizant of? … Culture in Healthcare
March 27, 2024
Perspective
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/surprise-wire
July 15, 2020 - Our experience suggests that the vision for and reality of interdisciplinary patient safety education … Sample of the Venous Access Patient Safety course from the UCSF Training OnLine System. … July 15, 2020
Effect on patient safety of a resident physician schedule without 24-hour … safety culture on incident reporting: lessons learned from machine learning analysis of NHS England … May 27, 2011
The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/listen-family
April 15, 2015 - Because they were worried about her safety, the family signed the patient out of the hospital and returned … Bagian, MD, of the National Center for Patient Safety, written communication, March 2004). … (85% in some estimates), and it is thus a critical piece of any institutional safety policy. … August 2, 2015
Patient safety rounds: description of an inexpensive but important strategy … to improve the safety culture.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/wrong-side-bedside-paravertebral-block-preventing-preventable
August 10, 2019 - not performed the usual safety checks or a "time out" to identify the correct side. … This process is endorsed by the widely adopted United Kingdom national safety initiative titled "Stop … The current safety standard for preventing wrong-site errors includes The Joint Commission Universal … Culture
August 22, 2013
WebM&M Cases
Weighing … January 17, 2019
Evaluation of a patient safety programme on Surgical Safety Checklist
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/ca-mrsa-skin-infections-ounce-prevention-worth-pound-cure
March 01, 2005 - Results from the original wound culture revealed CA-MRSA resistant to clindamycin. … In addition, an early follow-up visit would have provided an opportunity to review culture results and … Partnering with patients and families living with chronic conditions to coproduce diagnostic safety … May 3, 2018
Safety at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: how to keep our oncology patients … May 13, 2020
Filling a gap in safety metrics: development of a patient-centred framework
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49674/psn-pdf
December 01, 2012 - Her blood cultures
subsequently grew staphylococcus aureus and she was diagnosed with endocarditis and … reduced
by 40% with application of the bundle through a comprehensive unit-based safety program (CUSP … Technology also plays a part in establishing safety for a patient. … complications and achieve desired safety outcomes. … Along with education and training, adoption of a central line bundle of safety practices is
recommended
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-handling-and-compounding-errors-operating-room
May 16, 2022 - confirmation bias (evidence that confirms a belief without seeking other information). … -15
Compounding Safety
Due to the nature of procedural areas, many required medication … in the compounding pharmacy setting. 5
Approach to Improving Safety & Patient Safety Target
As a … Back to basics: medication safety. … patient safety programmes.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/loss-trust-and-missed-diagnosis
October 31, 2023 - Perspective
What We've Learned About Leveraging Leadership and Culture … to Affect Change and Improve Patient Safety
September 1, 2013 … Perspective
Our Maturing Understanding of Safety Culture: How to Change It and How … It Changes Safety
March 1, 2017
Incident reporting in surgical trainees-revisited … March 23, 2022
Improving general practice computer systems for patient safety: qualitative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33822/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - Wachter: One of the defining elements of your career has been a passion for the safety of
the workforce … One of the things that really sharpened my belief about it
came when I was first the vice president, … Or
in the case of workplace safety: "Accidents will happen." … as
viewed through this lens of workforce safety? … RW: Because the approaches and the culture are essentially the same.
PO: Exactly.
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July 08, 2022 - Approach to Improving Systemic Safety: Palliative Care and the Interdisciplinary Team Model
System … July 28, 2021
Just culture: the foundation of staff safety in the perioperative … May 12, 2021
Why is patient safety a challenge? … and Quality
April 26, 2023
Social risk, health inequity, and patient safety … to the Hospital
July 8, 2022
WebM&M Cases
Culture
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33773/psn-pdf
September 01, 2014 - Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem
September 1, 2014
Moriates C. … Overuse as a Patient Safety Problem. PSNet [internet]. 2014. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/overuse-patient-safety-problem
Perspective
Nearly half of primary … many reinforcing drivers, including a physician culture that rewards perceived thoroughness,
a fee-for-service … Although there was little focus on overuse as a patient safety problem during
the early years of the