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July 17, 2008 - Introduction
The Risk from Medication Errors
Medication errors are the most common source of risk … The index has a reported kappa value of κ = 0.62.19 Category B errors are actual errors
that were intercepted … CAHs that reported
8,087 medication errors and 143 NFCHs that reported 159,519 errors (Table 2). … Harmful errors (Categories E - I) accounted for
approximately 2 percent of reported errors from the … Reporting of Errors by Pharmacy Personnel
Of the 156,089 actual errors reported (Categories B - I)
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September 29, 2005 - is key to preventing or reducing
many such errors. … Nurse
¥ Infusion errors
¥ Self-reported errors
¥ Pharmacist interventions
Adverse Drug Events
Data … medication errors. … Real-time assessment of risk factors for medication errors. … is key to preventing or reducing many such errors.
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March 21, 2008 - Errors were identified in 84 of the cases (34.1 percent). … Not all errors result in harm to a patient; some errors are discovered before harm takes place. … Errors were identified
for 84 of the medication management encounters (34.1 percent); 67 errors (80 … percent) were
chart documentation errors. … The chart review
identified 66 additional errors, mostly documentation errors; 16 of the errors (19.1
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May 01, 2024 - Investments in Primary Care Research for 2021 and 2022
S2: Using EHR-Based Simulations to Reduce Diagnostic Errors … Use of electronic health records (EHRs) can contribute to diagnostic errors, often because of system … powerful tool that can be used to both systematically study the ways EHRs contribute to diagnostic errors … data to identify diagnoses at risk for diagnostic error in ambulatory care settings and the EHR use errors … associated with those errors.
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January 01, 2004 - Discussion: Approaches to
classifying medical errors vary widely. … errors. … ,
errors involving patient care outside of the office, and errors in the referral
Advances in Patient … Discussion
Approaches to classifying medical errors vary widely. … A
preliminary taxonomy of medical errors in family
practice.
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January 01, 2004 - Discussion: Approaches to
classifying medical errors vary widely. … errors. … ,
errors involving patient care outside of the office, and errors in the referral
Advances in Patient … Discussion
Approaches to classifying medical errors vary widely. … A
preliminary taxonomy of medical errors in family
practice.
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June 01, 2023 - ED-Specific Contributors to Diagnostic Challenges and to Diagnostic Errors and Uncertainty
EDs are … in the ED are generally considered multifactorial. 19
In addition to being common, diagnostic errors … Second, and relatedly, early diagnostic errors can propagate other types of medical errors such as admission … . 12 , 15
ED-to-Ward Handoff-Specific Contributors to Diagnostic Errors and Uncertainty
Because of … In conclusion, the ED-to-hospital transition is a high-risk time for diagnostic errors.
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January 01, 2004 - Results: All groups believed that errors
should be disclosed. … And medical errors, we could
dialogue with in a pretty decent way.” … of Medical Errors
493
more common and less frequently revealed. … Patients’ and physicians’ attitudes regarding the
disclosure of medical errors. … A study of the ethical duty of
physicians to disclose errors.
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January 01, 2003 - The Use of Surgical Simulators to Reduce Errors
165
The Use of Surgical Simulators
to Reduce Errors … As with flight simulation, near miss detection capabilities anticipate
potential errors before they … Some errors, such as “wrong tool choice,” were assigned simple “yes” or
“no” measures. … Surgical Simulators for Reducing Errors
173
Table 1. … Surgical Simulators for Reducing Errors
177
28. Gallagher AG, Satava, RM.
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September 01, 2020 - among LEP Patients
Improve Reporting of Medical Errors for LEP Patients
Routinely Monitor Patient … Safety for LEP Patients
Address Root Causes to Prevent Medical Errors among LEP Patients … among Patients with LEP
Improve Reporting of Medical Errors for LEP Patients
Routinely Monitor … Patient Safety for LEP Patients
Address Root Causes to Prevent Medical Errors among LEP Patients … Errors in medical interpretation and their potential clinical consequences in pediatric encounters.
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March 01, 2020 - Patient Identification Errors in the Operating Room
Patient Identification Errors in the Operating … errors. … Patient Identification Errors. 2016. … One evidence review examined errors in intensive care units. … Patient Identification Errors in the Operating Room PRISMA Diagram
Appendix B.
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January 01, 2004 - Of the medication errors reviewed, errors resulting in permanent harm
accounted for 18 percent, near-death … errors accounted for 48 percent, and errors
resulting in death accounted for 23 percent of the reports … Analysis of New York Medication Errors
135
Figure 1. … This finding is not unexpected, as 90
percent of the errors involved administration of a drug (errors … The pharmacist or nurse may intercept prescribing
errors and the nurse may catch dispensing errors.
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September 01, 2023 - Issue Brief Describes Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting Diagnostic Errors … describes strategies for improving clinician psychological safety in reporting and discussing diagnostic errors … The brief highlights specific barriers and challenges to reporting and learning from diagnostic errors
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/poghosyan-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Most studies on patient safety
focus on errors of commission rather than errors of omission. … Errors of omission are difficult to
identify and measure. … ECOS is a survey tool designed to measure errors of omission in primary
care. … System-related factors contributing to
diagnostic errors. … Reducing errors of omission in
chronic disease management.
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January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Reducing Harm to Patients from Diagnostic Errors
Final Progress Report
Reducing … Harm to Patients from Diagnostic Errors
Eta S. … A second diagnostic errors conference, led by Dr. … Dual processing and diagnostic errors. … Diagnostic errors in ambulatory care: dimensions and preventive
strategies.
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January 01, 2024 - errors that are harmful. … , not in all errors that occurred. … Outpatient errors involved significantly more dispensing errors (p < 0.001) and more
errors due to … Family notification of medication errors was reported in only 12% of errors. … errors; most of these errors involved patients <6 months of age.
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January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Putting a Face on Hospital Medical Errors: Communication
FINAL REPORT
Putting … a Face on Hospital Medical Errors:
Communication
Project funded by:
Agency for Healthcare Research … Patient’s and
Physicians Attitude Regarding the Disclosure of Medical Errors. … Health Plan members’ Views about Disclosure of Medical Errors. … Communicating with Patients about Medical
Errors.
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September 01, 2023 - Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error
Learning From Diagnostic Errors … Improve Diagnostic Safety
Specific Barriers and Challenges to Reporting and Learning From Diagnostic Errors … concept is generally used in patient safety to encourage transparent and open discussion of hazards and errors … The goal of reporting and analyzing errors should be to promote insight, create solutions, and enable … firmly embedded in patient safety, but evidence is limited around their role in addressing diagnostic errors
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June 01, 2020 - Overcoming Barriers and Taking Next Steps
Conclusion
References
Defining Diagnostic Errors … Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework. … Valid and reliable measurement of diagnostic errors results in collective mindfulness, organizational … The Safer Dx framework underscores that diagnostic errors can emerge across multiple episodes of care … Unknown scope and frequency of errors.
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June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors … Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors … Perceptions of Safety and Medical Errors from Patients’ Perspectives
Four past findings have relevance … They were, in fact, directly related to the hole in my new valve….No one spoke to me about the errors … Types and prevalence of patient/family-reported diagnostic errors
Type of Diagnostic Error