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America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety: The Joint Commission's Annual Report 2017. | PSNet

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November 27, 2018 - Book/Report America's Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety: The Joint Commission's … In 2016, hospital performance on accountability measures remained strong. … In 2016, 59.6% of hospitals achieved overall composite performance of greater than 95%. … The report also describes the Pioneers in Quality program, which was designed to facilitate hospital … November 22, 2017 When There's Harm in the Hospital: Can Transparency Replace "Deny and

Rates of Patient Safety Indicators in Belgian hospitals were low but generally higher than in US hospitals, 2016-18. | PSNet

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September 13, 2023 - higher than in US hospitals, 2016-18. … Rates of Patient Safety Indicators in Belgian hospitals were low but generally higher than in US hospitals … Rates of Patient Safety Indicators in Belgian hospitals were low but generally higher than in US hospitals … September 27, 2016 Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European … January 22, 2014 Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: cross sectional

Prevalence, nature, severity and risk factors for prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: prospective study in 20 UK hospitals. | PSNet

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October 22, 2014 - Study Prevalence, nature, severity and risk factors for prescribing errors in hospital … inpatients: prospective study in 20 UK hospitals. … Prevalence, Nature, Severity and Risk Factors for Prescribing Errors in Hospital Inpatients: Prospective … Study in 20 UK Hospitals. … Study in 20 UK Hospitals.

Many well-known hospitals fail to score high in Medicare rankings. | PSNet

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June 01, 2016 - July 19, 2017 Hospital Medication Errors Commonplace. … October 3, 2017 Hidden mistakes in hospitals. … October 3, 2017 CA sitting on millions in hospital fines. … June 1, 2016 New York City puts hospital error data online. … May 4, 2015 Rethinking hospital restraints.

Return on investment for vendor computerized physician order entry in four community hospitals: the importance of decision support. | PSNet

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November 26, 2014 - Return on investment for vendor computerized physician order entry in four community hospitals … was modest at best and was actually negative at some hospitals. … August 2, 2015 The costs of adverse drug events in community hospitals. … Developing a programme for medication reconciliation at the time of admission into hospital … Executives and Administrators Information Professionals General Internal Medicine Hospital

Hospital financial condition and the quality of patient care. | PSNet

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January 14, 2011 - : a study of urban hospitals. … January 27, 2021 Steering patients to safer hospitals? … The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions. … March 4, 2011 Steering patients to safer hospitals? … The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions.

Patient Safety Organizations: Hospital Participation, Value, and Challenges. | PSNet

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February 11, 2015 - Book/Report Patient Safety Organizations: Hospital Participation, Value, and Challenges … Citation Text: Patient Safety Organizations: Hospital Participation, Value, and Challenges. … This report analyzed interviews from 600 acute-care hospitals on the PSO program. … Cite Citation Citation Text: Patient Safety Organizations: Hospital … February 11, 2015 Adverse Events in Hospitals: Medicare's Responses to Alleged Serious

Multiple component patient safety intervention in English hospitals: controlled evaluation of second phase. | PSNet

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February 23, 2011 - Study Multiple component patient safety intervention in English hospitals: controlled … Multiple component patient safety intervention in English hospitals: controlled evaluation of second … Multiple component patient safety intervention in English hospitals: controlled evaluation of second … November 25, 2020 Weekend specialist intensity and admission mortality in acute hospital … Related Resources Patient Safety Indicators at an academic veterans affairs hospital

Adoption of electronic health records grows rapidly, but fewer than half of US hospitals had at least a basic system in 2012. | PSNet

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August 07, 2013 - hospitals. … February 17, 2011 National hospital ratings systems share few common scores and may generate … January 5, 2017 Impact of hospital-acquired pneumonia on the Medicare program. … November 8, 2023 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance … January 7, 2015 Predictive combinations of monitor alarms preceding in-hospital code

Medical errors harm huge number of patients. What will it take to make America's hospitals safer? | PSNet

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June 23, 2015 - What will it take to make America's hospitals safer? … What will it take to make America's hospitals safer? Sternberg S. … What will it take to make America's hospitals safer? Sternberg S. … October 3, 2017 Hospital safety: your responsibility or theirs? … General Internal Medicine Hospital Medicine Active Errors View More

Effects of nurse staffing and nurse education on patient deaths in hospitals with different nurse work environments. | PSNet

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November 21, 2018 - August 15, 2012 Effect of changes in hospital nursing resources on improvements in patient … November 28, 2018 Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: cross sectional … 2015 Physician and nurse well-being and preferred interventions to address burnout in hospital … February 9, 2011 Educational levels of hospital nurses and surgical patient mortality … February 9, 2011 Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European

Hospitals' bid to heal selves saves thousands. | PSNet

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February 26, 2025 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Hospitals' bid to heal selves saves thousands. … Keys to safer hospitals. June 17, 2010 Perfect is possible. … October 7, 2008 Fixing America's hospitals. … October 7, 2008 Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errors. … November 15, 2006 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health

What influences sustainment and nonsustainment of facilitation activities in implementation? Analysis of organizational factors in hospitals implementing TeamSTEPPS. | PSNet

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April 17, 2017 - Analysis of organizational factors in hospitals implementing TeamSTEPPS. … Analysis of organizational factors in hospitals implementing TeamSTEPPS. … Analysis of organizational factors in hospitals implementing TeamSTEPPS. … June 25, 2008 Effect of critical access hospital conversion on patient safety. … June 12, 2019 Simulation as a tool to improve the safety of pre-hospital anaesthesia—a

How guiding coalitions promote positive culture change in hospitals: a longitudinal mixed methods interventional study. | PSNet

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February 21, 2018 - Study How guiding coalitions promote positive culture change in hospitals: a longitudinal … Hospitals who appointed diverse guiding coalitions, promoted genuine team member engagement, and managed … This study enriches knowledge about how hospital leaders can promote sustained improvement. … settings: a study of staff experiences of speaking up across seven hospitals. … and household income on consumers' self-reported choice of hospitals.

Medication safety in mental health hospitals: a mixed-methods analysis of incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System. | PSNet

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December 18, 2017 - Medication errors are common in mental health hospitals. … Prevalence and nature of medication errors and medication-related harm following discharge from hospital … Related Resources Relationships between medications used in a mental health hospital … August 11, 2021 What causes medication administration errors in a mental health hospital … 2016 Clinical outcomes and mortality associated with weekend admission to psychiatric hospital

Influencing organisational culture to improve hospital performance in care of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a mixed-methods intervention study. | PSNet

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February 21, 2018 - Study Influencing organisational culture to improve hospital performance in care … Influencing organisational culture to improve hospital performance in care of patients with acute myocardial … Out of the 10 participating hospitals, 6 demonstrated improvements in culture, and these same hospitals … The hospitals without culture change also had no significant change in AMI mortality risk. … November 26, 2014 Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance

A 7-year analysis of attributable costs of healthcare-associated infections in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern United States. | PSNet

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April 24, 2018 - days (CDI-HO) to 0.87 events per 1,000 procedures (SSI), with events costing nearly $1 million per hospital … Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Families as partners in hospital … Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital … Improving appropriate use of peripherally inserted central catheters through a statewide collaborative hospital … December 21, 2018 Zero tolerance for deadly hospital-acquired infections.

Lessons learned from implementation of computerized provider order entry in 5 community hospitals: a qualitative study. | PSNet

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December 31, 2014 - Lessons learned from implementation of computerized provider order entry in 5 community hospitals … Lessons learned from implementation of computerized provider order entry in 5 community hospitals: a … This case study of CPOE at five community hospitals identifies the major resources needed for and factors … Lessons learned from implementation of computerized provider order entry in 5 community hospitals: a … September 17, 2008 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Health

Design of a retrospective patient record study on the occurrence of adverse events among patients in Dutch hospitals. | PSNet

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December 29, 2014 - and hospital departments. … October 14, 2009 The psychometric properties of the 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety … Culture' in Dutch hospitals. … Measuring patient safety culture: an assessment of the clustering of responses at unit level and hospital … Perspective Surveillance Monitoring to Improve Patient Safety in Acute Hospital

What drugs do you take? Hospitals seek to collect better data and prevent errors. | PSNet

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August 17, 2016 - Hospitals seek to collect better data and prevent errors. … February 17, 2016 At the hospital, better responses to those beeping alarms. … January 13, 2016 The most crucial half-hour at a hospital: the shift change. … April 25, 2016 The most crucial half-hour at a hospital: the shift change. … September 24, 2010 Fixing America's hospitals.

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