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May 18, 2022 - This article describes five serious medical errors in obstetrics and highlights how normalization of … getting noticed sooner - SIGNS-for-Kids: developing an illness recognition tool to connect home and hospital … July 20, 2022
Mindful workarounds in bar code medication administration. … in the USA. … maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States.
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April 03, 2019 - Emerging Classic
Safety, performance, and satisfaction outcomes in … Safety, Performance, and Satisfaction Outcomes in the Operating Room: A Literature Review. … Safety, Performance, and Satisfaction Outcomes in the Operating Room: A Literature Review. … July 14, 2021
Does overlapping surgery result in worse surgical outcomes? … May 29, 2013
How hospital design saves lives.
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March 19, 2019 - October 10, 2018
Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. … July 17, 2024
Types of diagnostic errors reported by paediatric emergency providers in … failures in communication during the event. … June 2, 2019
Fake it 'til you make it: pressures to measure up in surgical training. … 13, 2018
A policy-based intervention for the reduction of communication breakdowns in
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January 01, 2018 - While this
intervention did not reduce safety incidents like pressure ulcers or falls, it did identify … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-patients-tell-us-about-quality-and-safety-hospital-care-findings-uk-multicentre … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-can-patients-tell-us-about-quality-and-safety-hospital-care-findings-uk-multicentre … Beyond health IT, a survey of hospital
incident managers found that, although they valued the patient … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-hospital-patients-medication-reconciliation-process-using-tablet-computers
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June 19, 2018 - Adverse drug events in elderly patients receiving home health services following hospital discharge. … STAAR: improving the reliability of care coordination and reducing hospital readmissions in an academic … Yes/No Does the patient have a history of falls? … November 26, 2014
The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital … January 27, 2012
Drug-related problems in older people after hospital discharge and interventions
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November 01, 2011 - Reducing falls and fall-related injuries in the VA system. J Healthc Saf Q. 2003;1:25-33.
8. … So, I spent a lot of my time writing and giving talks in schools of medicine and hospitals about this … I found leadership in hospitals or in schools of medicine didn't know what to do with this concept at … But a lot of hospitals call me for what you just asked me. … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Root cause analysis of reported patient falls
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49534/psn-pdf
May 01, 2007 - ,
is emerging as a common first-choice agent in both hospital and ambulatory settings. … Two common approaches are either to (i) order an unbound phenytoin level to see whether it falls within … . hospitals is pharmacist-
managed drug therapy.(10,11) Given a national shortage of pharmacists in … the United States and their
costs, even health care systems and hospitals that cannot afford widespread … Adverse drug reactions in United States hospitals. Pharmacotherapy. 2006;26:601-
608.
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September 01, 2016 - interactions problematic for older adults, placing them at increased risk for delirium, falls, and … other adverse outcomes including hospital readmission. … Adverse drug events in elderly patients receiving home health
services following hospital discharge. … STAAR: improving the reliability of care coordination and reducing
hospital readmissions in an academic … Yes/No
Does the patient have a history of falls?
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January 01, 2020 - Due to
these symptoms, he had multiple falls and an inability to grasp simple objects. … patient returned 2 more times to the same clinic with worsening symptoms,
including more frequent falls … in all
extremities. … He was
admitted to the hospital and underwent urgent neurosurgical decompression. … Diagnostic errors in medicine: what do doctors and umpires have in common
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February 01, 2013 - Patients and their families are in a position to recognize small variations in hospital processes and … that hospitals do not? … The first change is that we must no longer view families as visitors in hospitals. … the hospital. … the hospital.
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September 24, 2024 - The Patient Safety Structural Measure is an attestation-based measure that encourages hospitals to assess … reporting, and decreases in preventable harm: 39% decrease in injuries with falls, 37% fewer pressure … notes that, since the 2013 launch of their Certified Zero Harm Awards, member hospitals have achieved … as validated by the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control with two-thirds of member hospitals … Indeed, the amount of effort expended in the resource scarce environment of hospital administration suggests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missing-trauma
March 03, 2011 - Blunt injuries are the result of falls, motor vehicle or motorcycle crashes, bicycle accidents, pedestrians … Third in line is circulation (C). … For example, many injuries are discovered in a delayed evaluation after 24-48 hours in the hospital, … The "ABCs" of trauma assessment and resuscitation hold as true in the field as they do in the ED. … May 18, 2022
Hospital ward adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey
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December 01, 2014 - coronary artery disease, diabetes,
chronic pain, arthritis, and hyperlipidemia was admitted to the hospital … After a short period of treatment, his swelling improved and he was able to ambulate
on the hospital … Ideally human factors engineers identify the safety
risks in these complex work systems early in the … This reactive change may be limited to just one hospital and likely
did not result in more systemic … Doyle, PhD Human Factors Engineer Johns Hopkins Hospital Clinical Engineering Department
References
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February 01, 2023 - Based on the experiences of these authors, it typically falls on the patient/family and consulting diabetes … Hospitals do not typically stock pump or CGM supplies 11 , and thus the patient should be responsible … Patient self-management of insulin doses in the hospital. Diabetes Care 2006;29:951. … Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2020. … Management of Type 1 Diabetes in the Hospital Setting. Curr Diab Rep 2017;17:98.
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March 13, 2013 - Hierarchy and authority gradients are persistent contributors to poor communication in health care. … September 12, 2016
A concept analysis of situational awareness in nursing. … November 16, 2015
Retained guidewires in the Veterans Health Administration: getting … August 30, 2017
Challenging hierarchy in healthcare teams--ways to flatten gradients … February 13, 2013
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January 12, 2022 - Commentary
Two cultures in modern science and technology: for safety and validity … Two cultures in modern science and technology: for safety and validity does medicine have to update? … This commentary explores two scientific cultures in modern medicine. … April 24, 2018
Racial and ethnic bias in the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder in veterans … August 9, 2023
The impact of electronic medical records on hospital-acquired adverse
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February 15, 2011 - Reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections in North Carolina NICUs. … February 15, 2011
Changes in medication safety indicators in England throughout the covid … intensive care units in the USA. … intensive care units in England. … March 21, 2012
Intensive care unit readmissions in U.S. hospitals: patient characteristics
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June 10, 2015 - RIS
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Developing a reliable and valid patient measure of safety in hospitals … January 12, 2022
Improving handoffs in the emergency department. … 20, 2018
Case studies of patient safety research classics to build research capacity in … April 22, 2009
Teamwork and patient safety in dynamic domains of healthcare: a review
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September 23, 2020 - Study
Miscoding, misclassification and misdiagnosis of diabetes in primary care. … Miscoding, misclassification and misdiagnosis of diabetes in primary care. … Miscoding, misclassification and misdiagnosis of diabetes in primary care. … a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. … October 19, 2022
Trends and patterns in reporting of patient safety situations in transplantation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-safety-health-information-technology-requires-shared-responsibility-it-time-we-all
August 20, 2014 - 2020
Assessment of health information technology-related outpatient diagnostic delays in … July 19, 2018
Physician burnout in the electronic health record era: are we ignoring … July 19, 2018
Measuring patient safety in real time: an essential method for effectively … December 6, 2017
Toward more proactive approaches to safety in the electronic health … March 1, 2017
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