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April 15, 2020 - The next step in learning from sentinel events in
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April 15, 2020
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December 10, 2014 - Alarm management: first things first: using reliable data
to eliminate unnecessary alarms.
December 10, 2014
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March 25, 2015 - Preventing medication errors in transitions of care: a
patient case approach.
March 25, 2015
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February 12, 2020 - Nurses as antimicrobial stewards: recognition,
confidence, and organizational factors across nine
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February 12, 2020
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December 27, 2018 - Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida v. Charles.
December 27, 2018
Fla Ct App, 1st Dist. October 28, 2015.
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The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) provides federal protection of adverse event
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December 04, 2016 - For Colorado mom, story of daughter's hospital death is
key to others' safety.
December 4, 2016
Daley J. Colorado Public Radio. February 17, 2015.
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Patient and family stories of harm are increasingly promoted as a strategy to…
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January 27, 2016 - Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Opioids
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January 27, 2016
Frederickson TW. Gordon DB, De Pinto M, et al. Philadelphia, PA: Society of Hospital Medicine; 2015.
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Opioids are high-risk medication…
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June 15, 2022 - Anesthesiologist group says hospitals can prevent fatal
errors like Vanderbilt's.
June 15, 2022
Clark C. MedPage Today. June 2, 2022
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Transparency and discussion of errors is a hallmark of the culture needed to i…
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October 31, 2011 - Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions
and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions.
October 31, 2011
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November 01, 2023 - The hospital ran out of her child's cancer drug. Now she's
fighting to end shortages.
November 1, 2023
Noguchi Y. Health Shots and All Things Considered. National Public Radio. October 23, 2023.
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November 14, 2018 - How one hospital improved patient safety in 10 minutes a
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November 14, 2018
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Aviation continues to provide inspiration for patient safety innovation. This commentar…
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December 18, 2013 - The Orthopaedic Error Index: development and
application of a novel national indicator for assessing the
relative safety of hospital care using a cross-sectional
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December 18, 2013
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June 15, 2022 - Reported clinical incidents of children with intellectual
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January 28, 2015 - Inside Canada's secret world of medical error: 'There is a
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January 28, 2015
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March 27, 2019 - Overview of the Environmental Scan of Primary Care-
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March 27, 2019
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July 17, 2024 - Methods to increase reliability in quality improvement
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March 14, 2018 - Rapid response teams: what's the latest?
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November 01, 2006 - The Unfamiliar Catheter
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December 01, 2007 - Autopsy Revelation
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May 01, 2008 - In Conversation with…David W. Bates, MD, MSc
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