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  1. The relationship between the nursing work environment and the occurrence of reported paediatric medication administration errors: a pan Canadian study. | PSNet

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    July 01, 2016 - hospital after electronic health record implementation: sociotechnical and human factors engineering … July 1, 2016 Compensation of chief executive officers at nonprofit US hospitals. … hospitals. … hospitals: results from the multicountry cross-sectional RN4CAST study. … January 22, 2014 Drug administration errors in hospital inpatients: a systematic review

  2. Resident work hour limits and patient safety. | PSNet

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    July 03, 2014 - New York teaching hospitals. … March 14, 2022 Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals. … February 18, 2011 Nurse staffing in hospitals: is there a business case for quality? … June 25, 2010 Nurse staffing and inpatient hospital mortality. … restructuring the 80-hour workweek to enhance education and patient safety at Texas A&M/Scott & White Memorial Hospital

  3. Computer-assisted bar-coding system significantly reduces clinical laboratory specimen identification errors in a pediatric oncology hospital. | PSNet

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    July 29, 2020 - a pediatric oncology hospital. … a pediatric oncology hospital. … a pediatric oncology hospital. … November 16, 2022 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … December 1, 2006 View More See More About The Topic Children's Hospitals

  4. A preliminary taxonomy of medical errors in family practice. | PSNet

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    April 08, 2011 - Efforts to improve patient safety have focused primarily on hospital-based medicine. … Important differences exist between hospital-based care and primary care. … August 4, 2021 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance. … December 23, 2012 The cost of serious fall-related injuries at three midwestern hospitals … September 28, 2010 View More See More About The Topic General Hospitals

  5. Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals. | PSNet

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    February 24, 2011 - teaching hospitals. … Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals. … Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals. … a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. … February 18, 2011 Association between hospital-reported Leapfrog Safe Practices scores

  6. Hospital staffing and health care–associated infections: a systematic review of the literature. | PSNet

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    December 23, 2020 - Review Emerging Classic Hospital staffing and health care–associated … Hospital Staffing and Health Care-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature. … In this systematic review, researchers found that increased hospital staffing was generally associated … Hospital Staffing and Health Care-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature. … June 25, 2008 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurses

  7. ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy. | PSNet

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    June 12, 2018 - March 6, 2019 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance. … March 14, 2018 Latency of ECG displays of hospital telemetry systems: a science advisory … acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. … June 22, 2022 ESPEN guideline on hospital nutrition. … February 13, 2008 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse

  8. Fostering patient safety competencies using multiple-patient simulation experiences. | PSNet

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    January 12, 2022 - a paediatric hospital. … October 5, 2011 Optimizing Therapy to Prevent Avoidable Hospital Admissions in Multimorbid … surveys of nurses and patients in 12 countries in Europe and the United States. … hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety. … older people prior to a potentially preventable drug-related hospital admission.

  9. Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries. | PSNet

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    July 29, 2020 - January 4, 2010 Underlying reasons associated with hospital readmission following surgery … following hospital discharge. … January 7, 2015 Hospital do-not-resuscitate orders: why they have failed and how to fix … November 26, 2014 Incidents during out-of-hospital patient transportation. … July 8, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Ambulatory

  10. Association of overlapping cardiac surgery with short-term patient outcomes. | PSNet

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    November 09, 2022 - Evaluating the prevalence of four recommended practices for suicide prevention following hospital … March 4, 2020 A checklist to identify inpatient suicide hazards in Veterans Affairs hospitals … hospitals: avoiding environmental hazards. … September 19, 2016 Inpatient suicide and suicide attempts in Veterans Affairs hospitals … September 19, 2016 Inpatient suicide in a general hospital.

  11. Between choice and chance: the role of human factors in acute care equipment decisions. | PSNet

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    February 22, 2023 - This study describes a scientific analysis for assessing medical devices by combining a hospital staff … a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical centers, April-June 2020. … November 21, 2021 6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster … September 18, 2019 Safety enhancements every hospital must consider in wake of another … February 14, 2007 View More See More About The Topic General Hospitals

  12. Perioperative patient safety recommendations: systematic review of clinical practice guidelines. | PSNet

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    January 08, 2025 - hospitals. … critical care units and hospital emergency services. … It's like two worlds apart": an analysis of vulnerable patient handover practices at discharge from hospital … November 28, 2012 Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings. … European hospitals.

  13. Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy adverse events. | PSNet

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    October 10, 2018 - occurrence of discrepancy-related adverse drug events for patients returning to nursing homes after a hospital … "Hospital at Home" patients. … March 27, 2013 The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital … Medication report reduces number of medication errors when elderly patients are discharged from hospital … January 23, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Long-Term

  14. Implementation of an electronic system for medication reconciliation. | PSNet

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    December 02, 2020 - The Joint Commission has mandated that all hospitals implement a system for medication reconciliation … Prior research in this area has documented the effectiveness of pharmacists in the medication reconciliation … December 2, 2020 Association between unmet nonmedication needs after hospital discharge … October 19, 2022 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … of Safety April 1, 2006 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals

  15. 1. Are we ready for this change? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2014 - Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals 1. Are we ready for this change? … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals Overview … Medicare estimated in 2007 that each pressure ulcer added $43,180 in costs to a hospital stay. … It is the second most common claim after wrongful death and greater than falls or emotional distress. … Others in your hospital may have different reasons, so it is important to define the issues and reasons

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 01, 2011 - the hospital and ICU. … Role of the Physical Therapist in the Hospital Setting A hospital's rehabilitation department includes … functional abilities, decrease in delirium, and shortened length of stay in the ICU and hospital. … Proposed System Changes Initiatives to reduce expenses in hospitals have caused rehabilitation departments … minute Oxygen saturation less than 88% Development of a new arrhythmia Mean arterial blood pressure falls

  17. Improving Patient Safety with the Military Electronic Health Record (pdf file)

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    January 24, 2004 - Patient data now can be shared worldwide, across the enterprise, in 70 hospitals, 411 medical clinics … From state-of-the-art hospitals and clinics, to battlefields and forward-deployed temporary medical … These administrative tools greatly improve hospital and clinic efficiency, while reducing the workload … Department of Defense (Health Affairs), Falls Church, VA (MJC, PSJ, BJH). … Department of Defense (Health Affairs), 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810, Falls Church, VA 22041; phone

  18. Association of rapid response teams with hospital mortality in Medicare patients. | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - Association of rapid response teams with hospital mortality in Medicare patients. … Rapid response teams (RRTs) have been implemented at hospitals worldwide, despite mixed results in … Of 56 hospitals that participated in this project and had complete data, only four showed lower-than-expected … survival after in-hospital cardiac arrests. … July 7, 2021 Fall prevention implementation strategies in use at 60 United States hospitals

  19. A perinatal care quality and safety initiative: are there financial rewards for improved quality? | PSNet

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    April 27, 2019 - An inconvenient truth about the patient safety movement is that in many cases hospitals actually profit … This study examined the financial impact of an effort to eliminate obstetric complications in a five-hospital … The project led to an 11% reduction in preventable adverse events, but hospital reimbursements decreased … a community hospital. … The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions.

  20. Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: an observational and interventional study. | PSNet

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    February 15, 2011 - Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: … Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: … discharge, and the relation to unplanned hospital revisits, in older patients: a multicentre retrospective … June 1, 2012 The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital … February 4, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health
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