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  1. Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    December 01, 2017 - Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability: Slide Presentation AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery—Sustainability Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability Slide 2: Learning Objectives After this session, you will be able to– Assess objectively your unit’s curre…

  2. Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. | PSNet

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    December 20, 2023 - Study Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. Citation Text: Bissonnette J-P, Medlam G. Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. Radiother Oncol. 2010;96(1):139-44. doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2010.05.002. Copy Citation Format: DOI …

  3. The medical emergency team and rapid response system: finding, treating, and preventing hypoglycemia. | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - Commentary The medical emergency team and rapid response system: finding, treating, and preventing hypoglycemia. Citation Text: DiNardo M, Noschese M, Korytkowski M, et al. The medical emergency team and rapid response system: finding, treating, and preventing hypoglycemia. Jt Comm J Qua…

  4. Characteristics of quality and patient safety curricula in major teaching hospitals. | PSNet

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    February 16, 2011 - Study Characteristics of quality and patient safety curricula in major teaching hospitals. Citation Text: Pingleton SK, Davis DA, Dickler RM. Characteristics of quality and patient safety curricula in major teaching hospitals. Am J Med Qual. 2010;25(4):305-11. doi:10.1177/1062860610367…

  5. Should patients have a role in patient safety? A safety engineering view. | PSNet

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    June 10, 2009 - Commentary Should patients have a role in patient safety? A safety engineering view. Citation Text: Lyons M. Should patients have a role in patient safety? A safety engineering view. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16(2):140-2. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibTe…

  6. Patient safety and leadership: do you walk the walk? | PSNet

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    November 04, 2020 - Commentary Patient safety and leadership: do you walk the walk? Citation Text: Jarrett MP. Patient Safety and Leadership: Do You Walk the Walk? J Healthc Manag. 2017;62(2):88-92. doi:10.1097/JHM-D-17-00005. Copy Citation Format: DOI Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 X…

  7. Inappropriate surgeries resulting from misdiagnosis of early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. | PSNet

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    October 31, 2014 - Study Inappropriate surgeries resulting from misdiagnosis of early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Citation Text: Srinivasan J, Scala S, Jones R, et al. Inappropriate surgeries resulting from misdiagnosis of early amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle Nerve. 2006;34(3):359-60. Copy Ci…

  8. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2015 - Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely AHRQ Pub. No. 15-0047-C Replaces AHRQ Pub. No. 09-0086-C September 2015 The name of my blood thinner is: _____________________________________________________________ Reminders: Call your doctor or phar…

  9. Final Progress Report: Staff Nurse Fatigue and Patient Safety (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - once during the 28-day data-gathering period, and 16.8% of the participants (152 nurses) reported falling … Nurses reported struggling to stay awake once every five shifts worked (2285/11,329 shifts) and falling … Nurses who reported struggling to stay awake on duty and/or actually falling asleep on duty obtained … US workers.33 The high frequency of which nurses reported struggling to stay awake and/or actual falling … Participants in the AACN study who reported falling asleep on duty obtained on average 6.6 hours sleep

  10. To be sued less, doctors should consider talking to patients more. | PSNet

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    September 13, 2006 - February 6, 2013 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

  11. ‘They treat me like I’m old and stupid’: seniors decry health providers’ age bias. | PSNet

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    December 05, 2018 - March 3, 2021 ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients

  12. Health Information Technology. | PSNet

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    August 21, 2016 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) WebM&M Cases Falling

  13. 10 ways to guarantee a lawsuit. | PSNet

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    February 10, 2021 - July 23, 2010 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

  14. So much care it hurts: unneeded scans, therapy, surgery only add to patients' ills. | PSNet

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    January 15, 2020 - May 17, 2017 ‘Fear of falling’: how hospitals do even more harm by keeping patients in

  15. Tulare District Hospital Rural Health EMR Consortium (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2008 - Key Words: information technology, rural hospital, patient falls, electronic medication administration … hours provided by temporary or agency nurses, patient days, and selected patient outcomes (patient falls … From the CalNOC data, we extracted patient falls per 1000 patient days, with and without injuries, for … Ja n-0 7 May -07 Sep -07 Ja n-0 8 May -08 in ci de nt ra te The number of patient falls … There was a general trend toward fewer patient falls.

  16. Can Physical Activity Improve the Health of Wheelchair Users? Amended Protocol (pdf file)

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    June 21, 2019 - index (BMI); weight; depression; quality of life; time to wheelchair use; amount of wheelchair use; falls … of physical activity, such as injuries that are associated with wheeled mobility device use (e.g., falls … obesity; BMI; weight; depression; quality of life; time to wheelchair use; amount of wheelchair use; falls … body fat Mental health • Depression, quality of life, anxiety, stress, sleep General function • Falls … Some outcomes may occur across etiologies (e.g., falls, BMI) and will be reported both overall and by

  17. Human factors in patient safety as an innovation. | PSNet

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    June 09, 2021 - January 20, 2021 Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling

  18. Beyond patient safety Flatland. | PSNet

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    September 04, 2024 - January 9, 2019 View More Related Resources Falling through the

  19. Medical errors: should you apologize? | PSNet

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    August 13, 2010 - July 19, 2010 How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

  20. Proactive patient safety: focusing on what goes right in the perioperative environment. | PSNet

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    April 26, 2023 - Study Proactive patient safety: focusing on what goes right in the perioperative environment. Citation Text: Duffy C, Menon N, Horak D, et al. Proactive patient safety: focusing on what goes right in the perioperative environment. J Patient Saf. 2023;19(4):281-286. doi:10.1097/pts.000000…
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