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June 29, 2020 - Pharmacists ensure that patients not only get the correct medication and dosing, but that they have the … well understood, and appropriate pharmacist workarounds should be in place prior to implementation to ensure … This evolution will reinforce the need for team based care to ensure care coordination, patient safety … user of these resources, pharmacists can be instrumental in implementation planning and evaluation to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50858/psn-pdf
January 31, 2020 - Automated protocols can also ensure that no necessary
components of the scan are overlooked by the providers … are most likely to be successful.3
Once the imaging study has been conducted, AI systems can help ensure … For example, AI can review patient records to ensure that an imaging
diagnosis is correlated with the … This can ensure that findings from radiological reports
are addressed expeditiously and avoid unnecessary
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Pharmacists in the community ensure … dispensing process, the
community pharmacist provides a clinical review of prescribed medications to ensure … A clinical review is essential for all prescriptions and can help ensure that any errors occurring as … Organizations with a
strong culture of safety are not only better positioned to ensure patient safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/check-your-medicines-tips-taking-medicines-safely
September 04, 2018 - April 23, 2012
This 5-point checklist provides consumers with steps to help ensure
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May 25, 2022 - Commentary
Ensuring primary care diagnostic quality in the era of telemedicine.
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Willis JS, Tyler C, Schiff GD, et al. Ensuring primary care diagnostic quality in the era of telemedicine. Am J Med. 2021;134(9):1101-1103. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.04.027.
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January 13, 2021 - Webinar
Ensuring Healthcare Safety Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Citation Text:
Ensuring Healthcare Safety Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. US Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, & In…
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May 01, 2012 - 2011 as they pertain to handoffs and care transitions
Describe educational mechanisms available to ensure … institutions must:
Design clinical assignments to minimize the number of transitions in patient care
Ensure … effective, structured handoff processes that facilitate both continuity of care and patient safety
Ensure … that residents are competent in communicating with team members in the handoff process
Ensure availability … address the egocentric heuristic, senders must appropriately calibrate the information they transmit to ensure
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April 25, 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic and the response of the healthcare system has affected the ability of pharmacists
to ensure … Workflow and Redeployment of Healthcare Personnel
Pharmacists are the best-positioned professionals to ensure … Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Hand sanitizer, gloves, and face masks are vital equipment that can ensure … intravenous administration (such as
those used in the ventilating process or in many cancer treatments) to ensure … With a finite supply of PPE, it is critical to consider how health systems allocate this resource to
ensure
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January 29, 2015 - accountability between the board and clinical leadership, a consolidated quality performance statement to ensure … transparency around goals and priorities, and internal audits to ensure reliability and accuracy of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-patient-identification-sample-labeling-reduces-wrong-blood-tube-errors
September 20, 2012 - Research has shown that use of barcodes to ensure correct patient identification can reduce medication … the use of barcoding and the exclusion of blood samples with even minor labeling errors in order to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ncpdp-recommendations-and-guidance-standardizing-dosing-designations-prescription-container
September 09, 2020 - Related Resources
Drug Shortages: Public Health Threat Continues, Despite Efforts to Help Ensure … Health Care: VA Uses Medical Injury Tort Claims Data to Assess Veterans’ Care, but Should Take Action to Ensure
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March 20, 2019 - Research has shown that use of
barcodes to ensure correct patient identification can reduce medication … the use of barcoding and the
exclusion of blood samples with even minor labeling errors in order to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40074/psn-pdf
July 03, 2014 - The authors advocate for three specific recommendations based on their findings: (i) ensure
standardized … measuring devices in all liquid packaging, (ii) ensure consistency between label dosing
instructions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45858/psn-pdf
March 24, 2017 - accountability between the board and clinical leadership, a consolidated quality performance statement to
ensure … transparency around goals and priorities, and internal audits to ensure reliability and accuracy of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864868/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - Effective communication between care teams is vital to ensure
favorable health outcomes such as increased … Improve Patient Safety
To address these risks, it is vital to create safety nets within systems to ensure … multidisciplinary
setting can improve communication among team members, reduce a patient's length of stay, and ensure … reconciliation process is recognized as a vital intervention at every intersection in healthcare to
ensure … ensuring his hearing aides were available to better engage with his care, and family
engagement to ensure
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April 01, 2008 - use of a bracelet identifying the patient’s DNR status is increasingly being adopted by states to
ensure … their state law and following the state protocol for out-of-hospital
DNR orders are critical steps to ensure … that the treating team at the hospital has all the information
needed to ensure continuity of the care … Key parts of this plan include taking steps to ensure that the goals of care are
communicated across … care physician to the ED staff and
the admitting physician 24 hours after admission) is important to ensure
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February 21, 2020 - Pharmacists ensure that patients not only get the correct medication and dosing, but that they have the … well understood, and
appropriate pharmacist workarounds should be in place prior to implementation to ensure … This evolution will reinforce the need for team based care to ensure care coordination, patient
safety … user of these resources, pharmacists can be instrumental in
implementation planning and evaluation to ensure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/application-strong-matrix-management-and-pdca-cycle-management-severe-covid-19-patients
March 24, 2019 - These tools were used to ensure efficient task delegation in healthcare teams and quality care for COVID
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33860/psn-pdf
June 01, 2018 - Appropriate reimbursement also helps to provide
resources needed to ensure quality oversight, both equipment … Ideally, at least a portion of
POCUS examinations will be overread by an expert who can ensure quality … To do this correctly of course requires some resources—to ensure that the person providing oversight … training and competency assessment, capture and documentation of images, appropriate
reimbursement to ensure … quality, and defining and empowering an appropriate point person will ensure
best outcomes.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/multiple-high-risk-events-involving-workflow-wasting-medications-used-anesthesia
August 29, 2021 - Organizations should ensure that staff are provided with proper education on wasting of medications. … All controlled substances require additional monitoring to ensure compliance with applicable state and … If immediate waste of a controlled substance is not possible, processes should be developed to ensure … comply with organizational policies, and collaboration with departmental leadership is essential to ensure … with wasting of medications by anesthesia providers
Standardize medication labeling and storage to ensure