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  1. Examining the Relationship Between Health IT and Ambulatory Care Workflow Redesign. | PSNet

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    December 24, 2008 - August 7, 2024 Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care

  2. Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions. | PSNet

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    March 27, 2019 - October 7, 2015 Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care

  3. Medication bar coding: to scan or not to scan? | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - Commentary Medication bar coding: to scan or not to scan? Citation Text: Galvin L, McBeth S, Hasdorff C, et al. Medication bar coding: to scan or not to scan? Comput Inform Nurs. 2007;25(2):86-92. Copy Citation Format: Google Scholar PubMed BibTeX EndNote X3 XML EndNote 7…

  4. Patient safety and acute care medicine: lessons for the future, insights from the past. | PSNet

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    April 27, 2022 - Review Patient safety and acute care medicine: lessons for the future, insights from the past. Citation Text: Brindley PG. Patient safety and acute care medicine: lessons for the future, insights from the past. Crit Care. 2010;14(2):217. doi:10.1186/cc8858. Copy Citation Format: …

  5. Government and industry fail to protect the public when they suggest "carefully following instructions" is enough to prevent vaccine errors. | PSNet

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    February 24, 2016 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Government and industry fail to protect the public when they suggest "carefully following instructions" is enough to prevent vaccine errors. Citation Text: Government and industry fail to protect the public when they suggest "carefully following instructions" i…

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 05, 2013 - safety practices (including computerized order entry, use of pharmacists on rounds, methods to prevent falls

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 25, 2016 - Frequent incidents were falls, delays in diagnosis or treatment, and medication errors.

  8. Executive Summary: Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare: Prioritizing Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2023 - prioritization, included lung cancer screening, shingles vaccination, tetanus vaccination, fall prevention … list included counseling on healthy diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention … for adults with CVD risk factors, COVID-19 vaccination, statins for CVD prevention, screening for

  9. 15 Crosscutting Potential High Impact June 2012 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2012 - names of hospital and clinical staff to reduce risk of patient disorientation and delirium; fall prevention … blood pressure, labs, medication compliance), treatment (wound care, medication reconciliation), prevention … If the onus of improving patient adherence falls on the provider, staffing levels might change, because … lighting, soft colors, and noise abatement features, handrails, flooring that is less likely to cause falls … available resources. 47 However, this design poses many risks to the elderly population, including falls

  10. The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Summer Webinar Series: CDC Presentation (pdf file)

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    July 25, 2023 - This figure is not specific to violence and includes all nonfatal injuries such as slips, trips and falls … Violence Prevention in Health Care. https://www.dir.ca.gov/Title8/3342.html Violence Prevention Standard … Health WPV Prevention Guidebook Detailed instructions for implementing WPV prevention best practices … Violence Prevention Programs Violence Prevention Standard: California Violence Prevention Standards … Trinity Health Workplace Violence (WPV) Prevention Strategy Workplace violence prevention takes more

  11. Patient safety in the ED. | PSNet

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    August 11, 2010 - March 27, 2018 Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care

  12. Quality and Safety in Medicine. | PSNet

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    February 15, 2023 - February 26, 2025 Patient Safety Innovations Suicide Prevention

  13. Root Cause Analysis Playbook. | PSNet

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    July 05, 2017 - November 15, 2016 Preventing Patient Falls: A Systematic Approach From the Joint Commission

  14. Alarm fatigue hazards: the sirens are calling. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2022 - January 30, 2013 Effects of an intervention to increase bed alarm use to prevent falls

  15. 2015 Patient Safety Core Topics and Tips. | PSNet

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    July 05, 2017 - November 16, 2011 An inpatient fall prevention initiative in a tertiary care hospital

  16. Examples of Physician Quality Measures for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    September 01, 2019 - patients. 1 Patient Safety Measures: Screening, risk-assessment, and plan of care to prevent future falls

  17. Think you can't make medication errors? | PSNet

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    March 01, 2023 - We ALL have a role in prevention! August 21, 2013 Q: What scares doctors?

  18. Antifatness in the surgical setting. | PSNet

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    October 12, 2022 - Optimizing post-acute care patient safety: a scoping review of multifactorial fall prevention

  19. Hospital Compare. | PSNet

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    May 26, 2021 - August 27, 2013 Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic

  20. Using Workforce Practices to Drive Quality Improvement: A Guide for Hospitals. | PSNet

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    March 22, 2017 - May 24, 2015 Preventing Patient Falls: A Systematic Approach From the Joint Commission
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