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July 01, 2018 - . 25 , 27 When errors do occur, patients tend to think individual providers cause them, not the systems … However, providers—like consumers and patients—may also view errors as individual deficiencies that are … Patients define patient safety more narrowly in terms of medical errors. … In addition, providers may feel that errors are primarily under an individual's control and therefore … Available at http://www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/care-planning/errors/5steps/index.html
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March 30, 2008 - the Institute of Medicine, as many as 98,000 patients die each year because of
preventable medical errors … The Christiana Care Health System is committed to eliminating
preventable medical errors. … is going to have greater difficulty identifying system issues that contribute to errors. … that positive process changes have occurred because these
errors are being identified. … “Concerning patient safety and medical
errors.” Testimony before U.S.
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January 01, 2007 - To Improve Diagnostic Safety and Quality
Find AHRQ tools to reduce diagnostic errors … on Diagnostic Safety and Quality
Learn about AHRQ's research to better understand how diagnostic errors … Diagnostic errors occur in all settings of care, contribute to about 10 percent of patient deaths, and … AHRQ funds research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and what can be done to prevent … Tools To Improve Diagnostic Safety
AHRQ has several tools to reduce diagnostic errors
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August 01, 2021 - attend a
primary care appointment
this year will experience a
diagnostic error.2
79% of diagnostic
errors … are related to the
patient-clinician encounter.3
up to
56%
of these errors are related to
miscommunication … Types and origins of diagnostic errors in primary care settings.
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June 01, 2023 - In addition to cognitive errors of omission and commission, communication errors may follow
similar … Second, and relatedly, early diagnostic errors can propagate other types of medical errors such as
admission … Diagnostic errors in medicine: a case of neglect. … The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and strategies to minimize them. … Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a
literature review and pilot study.
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January 01, 2000 - Using Specialized Information Technology to Reduce Errors in Emergency Cardiac Care
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Using Specialized … errors. … IT to Reduce Cardiac Care Errors
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Figure 1. … IT to Reduce Cardiac Care Errors
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Figure 3. … IT to Reduce Cardiac Care Errors
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May 07, 2008 - Results: All interventions reduced errors (range, 13 to 45 percent),
with more than 4,000 errors avoided … Detection of potential errors triggered alerts. … Examining systems issues that contribute to near-misses or errors. … Medication errors were reduced in all projects. … Medication errors drop with Kaiser alert
system. Rocky Mountain News; May 27, 2005. 4.
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January 01, 2003 - Discussion: The models
provide contextual maps of the errors and behaviors that lead to medication … However, pharmacy dispensing errors—internal or
external—that enter the facility are captured in the … per
medication order, and errors per oral medication dose. … errors in a district general hospital. … Errors today and errors tomorrow. N
Engl J Med 2003;348:2570–2.
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March 01, 2017 - within this domain may include errors in referral and errors in communicating test results. … . 39 , 70 , 97–101 Errors occur at the prescribing, filling, and administration stages of medication … Prescribing errors included prescribing the wrong medication, prescribing medications with drug-drug … interactions, and making errors related to transcription of written prescription orders. … Efforts to reduce medication errors in the ambulatory care setting, including primary care, have focused
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January 01, 2020 - • Frequent
• Important
• Overlooked
• Matter
• Not easy to measure
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Frequent - #1 Type of Errors … Diagnostic errors
2. Opioid safety across the continuum of care
3. … • Spotty follow-up
• Most diagnoses resolve,…or evolve w/errors unnoticed
• Elusive to capture with … Research and Quality's activities in patient safety research
IOM Report September 2015
Diagnosis Errors … Frequent -#1 Type of Errors
Most Common Types of Medical Error Experienced by MA Residents
21% Experienced
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October 01, 2014 - advocacy groups learned from Federal and State officials about efforts being made to prevent medical errors … and professionals accountable for their conduct and encouraging honest disclosure and analysis of the errors … New Jersey law, enacted April 27, 2004, creates a non-punitive system for the reporting of medical errors … The goal of the law is to create a health care culture that focuses on preventing errors by improving … Until now, fear of litigation has made health care professionals reluctant to discuss errors.
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January 01, 2017 - Rather than avoid errors, learners are asked to embrace errors as part of the initial events of learning … Medical Teacher, 2011, 33:1, 34-38
Obvious Errors
(Others)
Subtle Errors
(Others)
Obvious Errors
(Self … when errors are not detected, Learners get more information on how to detect them. … all errors need to be represented—slips, errors, mistakes
Dror I. … to perform subtle errors and the other team grade them (they circle the errors they will perform ahead
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January 01, 2018 - to Improve
Safety
Tejal Gandhi
Handwriting
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Ways IT Can Improve Safety
• Prevent errors … and providing feedback about adverse
events
Bates, Gawande 2003
Main Strategies for Preventing
Errors … decision support
Bates, Gawande 2003
Optimize the Use of HIT
• We know that some technologies reduce errors … • Overdependence on technology
• Shift in power
• Never-ending technology demands
• Emotions
• New errors … Use of HIT to Improve Safety
Handwriting
Ways IT Can Improve Safety
Main Strategies for Preventing Errors
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April 01, 2018 - Annually,
1 in 20 outpatients experiences a diagnostic error
55%
of patients said
diagnostic errors … 9
ED admissions
are related to an
adverse drug event
An estimated
160
million
medication
errors … Reduce errors and
improve efficiency
by setting the visit
agenda together
with Be Prepared
To Be
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March 01, 2016 - They found no errors in the report
logic. … For validation purposes it is useful to categorize
clinical quality report errors into “inclusion errors … Other inclusion errors can be caused by workflow
issues, which are errors caused by failure to note … Exclusion Errors
The fact that with exclusion errors the patient is
not in the report means that the … All reports contain errors, and
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July 01, 2011 - since the Institute of
Medicine raised national awareness of the
prevalence and severity of medical errors … between 44,000 and
98,000 deaths in U.S. hospitals each year are the
result of preventable medical errors … Consumer reporting systems may greatly improve
our understanding of the nature and causes of
medical errors … improved understanding of patient safety and
assist in the detection of patterns associated with
medical errors
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July 01, 2004 - Others
specified particular actions that patients could take to avoid errors, such as
maintaining a … refers to
“medical errors.” … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: 20 tips
to help prevent medical errors. … Preventing
medical errors: communicating a role for Medicare
beneficiaries. … Prescription errors tied to lack of advice:
pharmacists skirting law, Mass. study finds.
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January 01, 2001 - Medical facilities have long had systems in place to monitor errors. … Formal teamwork training improved
teamwork and reduced emergency department errors. … A look into the nature and causes of
human errors in the intensive care unit. … Medical Team Management: using teamwork
to prevent medical errors. … Treat systems, not errors, experts say.
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April 08, 2004 - , the impact of errors on patient and care systems, and methods
to control errors. … , how to design systems
with proper defenses against errors, and communication skills. … • Understanding that some latent errors and systemic problems are
exacerbated by poor design. … The authors also note that even
though people argue that systems problems contribute to medical errors … than systems errors.
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January 01, 2004 - Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance … 199
Preventing Medication Errors in
Ambulatory Care: The Importance of
Establishing Regimen … medication adherence in the treatment of chronic diseases7 and can help prevent
medication-related errors … Reducing medication-related communication errors will likely involve
rigorous reviews of medication … Factors related to
errors in medication prescribing. JAMA 1997
277(4):312–7.
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