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  1. Hospital at Home℠ Care Reduces Costs, Readmissions, and Complications and Enhances Satisfaction for Elderly Patients. | PSNet

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    November 15, 2023 - In addition, hospitalized seniors are at risk of falls, fractures, and medical/medication errors. 2 … were less likely to receive IV fluids, sedatives (which can lead to complications such as delirium and falls

  2. In Conversation with…Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH | PSNet

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    November 01, 2008 - For many patient safety problems, that type of applied epidemiological approach is appropriate: falls … January 9, 2024 Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 27, 2024 - significantly improve a number of patient outcomes, including lower rates of surgical site infections, falls … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-safety-culture-quality-care-missed-care-and-nurse-staffing-patient-falls-multisource

  4. Premature Closure: Was It Just Syncope? | PSNet

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    February 10, 2021 - he had multiple ED visits with similar episodes of syncope in the preceding months all resulting in falls … Chart review or additional history-taking may have revealed the patient’s recent history of falls with

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 01, 2009 - They started tackling some really tough problems: patient falls, surgical site infections, central line … region as a whole cut the infection rate 70%, and other hospitals eliminated other "never events" like falls

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 28, 2024 - But it falls short because it emphasizes the few things that go wrong rather than seeking to understand

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2018 - Although rare, adverse events during early mobilization have included falls, line dislodgement, ventilator

  8. Measuring and Responding to Deaths From Medical Errors | PSNet

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    April 01, 2008 - Agreement September 24, 2024 Patient Safety Primers Falls

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2011 - Common events (e.g., health care–associated infections, falls) may be so common that individual hospitals

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 10, 2024 - experience, and prevention of patient safety events and adverse events such as medication issues, falls

  11. Discharged Blindly | PSNet

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    October 26, 2022 - Related Resources Patient Safety Innovations Preventing Falls

  12. Returning Home Safely | PSNet

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    December 22, 2018 - Returning Home Safely Citation Text: Toles M. Returning Home Safely. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2018. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId …

  13. A widow’s mission to change NC dental sedation rules. | PSNet

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    March 10, 2021 - Newspaper/Magazine Article A widow’s mission to change NC dental sedation rules. Citation Text: A widow’s mission to change NC dental sedation rules. Blythe A. NC Health News. March 10, 2022 Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Download PDF …

  14. Overreaction. | PSNet

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    November 15, 2023 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Overreaction. Citation Text: Shell ER. Overreaction. Scientific American. 2015;313(5):28-9. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7 XML Endnote tagged PubMedId RIS Download Citation Sav…

  15. Accidental IV infusion of heparinized irrigation in the OR. | PSNet

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    September 14, 2016 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Accidental IV infusion of heparinized irrigation in the OR. Citation Text: Accidental IV infusion of heparinized irrigation in the OR. ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 1, 2016;21:1-3. Copy Citation Save Save to …

  16. Using simulation to improve systems. | PSNet

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    July 22, 2020 - Review Using simulation to improve systems. Citation Text: Kearney JA, Deutsch ES. Using Simulation to Improve Systems. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2017;50(5):1015-1028. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2017.05.011. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndN…

  17. Racism derails black men’s health, even as education levels rise. | PSNet

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    May 28, 2014 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Racism derails black men’s health, even as education levels rise. Citation Text: Racism derails black men’s health, even as education levels rise. Anderson V. Kaiser Health News. May 19, 2021 Copy Citation Save Save to your library …

  18. Bleeding and in pain, a pregnant woman in Louisiana couldn’t get answers. | PSNet

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    January 18, 2023 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Bleeding and in pain, a pregnant woman in Louisiana couldn’t get answers. Citation Text: Bleeding and in pain, a pregnant woman in Louisiana couldn’t get answers. Westwood R. Kaiser Health News. January 12, 2023. Copy Citation Save Sav…

  19. ‘He thought what he was doing was good for people.’ Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessary medical procedures in the U.S. health-care system? | PSNet

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    September 02, 2020 - Newspaper/Magazine Article ‘He thought what he was doing was good for people.’ Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessary medical procedures in the U.S. health-care system? Citation Text: ‘He thought what he was doing was good for people.’ Why is it so difficult to prevent unnecessa…

  20. Technology and error-prevention strategies: why are we still overlooking the IV room? | PSNet

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    July 08, 2015 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Technology and error-prevention strategies: why are we still overlooking the IV room? Citation Text: Technology and error-prevention strategies: why are we still overlooking the IV room? ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 15, 2015;20:1-4.…
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