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March 27, 2024 - events and near misses, and how teams and leaders respond to events. 2
A positive patient and workforce … prior to a procedure) to their peers or leaders. … Psychologically safe cultures focus more on learning and how system failures lead to safety events rather … These studies suggest it is important to train leaders on how to best receive a safety concern in addition … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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September 25, 2024 - It was not clear how the gas pipes were misconnected, but this error apparently followed
maintenance … When connecting a patient to a cylinder via a non-
rebreather mask, it is especially important to ensure … Have a low threshold to change to a different gas supply
Whenever desaturation occurs very rapidly, … climate - how emission taxation can achieve the coupling of
cost-effectiveness and climate protection … The authors are solely
responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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November 29, 2023 - Authors, reviewers and others in a position to control the
content of this activity are required to … On day 64, the acute care surgery team was consulted to convert the PEG tube to
a percutaneous gastrojejunostomy … The patient was discharged to a rehabilitation facility on day 74 with orders that included a surgery … determine how to communicate clearly and directly with patients and their
families and support networks … The authors are solely
responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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July 08, 2022 - Authors, reviewers and others in a position to control the
content of this activity are required to … Learning Objectives
Describe how health care providers should evaluate acute neurological deficits of … ENLS training addresses what emergency care providers should do in the first hour to
best help patients … Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS): What to do in the first hour of
a neurological emergency … The authors are solely
responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60790/psn-pdf
February 23, 2022 - consistent with COVID-19 – or recent exposure to infected individuals - do
not travel to the dental … Additionally, wearing PPE can be uncomfortable and may be physically challenging to do certain
procedures … Practice roadmaps, and advice about how to access
monies set aside for small businesses as part of … When and how to wash your hands. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Teledentistry: How Technology Can Facilitate Access to Care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/post-acute-transitional-services-safety-home-based-care-programs
April 24, 2024 - shown to have a positive impact on medication safety. … So many options, where do we start? An overview of the care transitions literature. … Home-based primary care: how the modern day “house call” improves outcomes, reduces costs, and provides … https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20191003.276602/full/ Accessed November 8, 2021. … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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March 01, 2021 - 2002-01-01
Problem Addressed
Many older adults, especially low-income and other vulnerable seniors, do … to-do” lists. … How They Did It Tools and Resources
GRACE Training and Resource Center: Director, Dawn Butler, MSW, … J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(7):1136-41. [
PubMed]
Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Clark DO, et al. … [PubMed]
Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Clark DO, et al.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/patient-safety-indicators
June 15, 2024 - outcome measures, patient safety indicators may not provide detailed and actionable information on how … These stakeholders are more interested in how health care affects health outcomes and less interested … CMS responded to this report and other findings and concerns by developing a set of indicators to measure … to a 2010 OIG report , many hospitalized patients continue to experience adverse events and temporary … October 5, 2022
Positive approaches to safety: learning from what we do well.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hyponatremia-secondary-home-parenteral-nutrition-error
May 27, 2020 - Hyponatremia Secondary to Home Parenteral Nutrition Error
Citation Text:
Haas K, Lee A. … Changes are typically made to the PN components every few weeks to months depending on a patient’s laboratory … Families are taught proper PN administration, central line care, troubleshooting, signs of illness, and how … Go to PubMed
Chandra R, Kesavan A. … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/inpatient-transitions-care-challenges-and-safety-practices
June 15, 2024 - Challenges and Threats to Patient Safety Consider a scenario where a patient – Mr. … Due to the absence of a family member or caregiver, the healthcare team is unaware that Mr. … H is transferred to a critical care unit and his home medications, such as gabapentin for neuropathy … Strategies on how staff can incorporate families in medication communications are included as part … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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June 14, 2023 - we do. … Each one has meaning for how to provide safe healthcare to a very diverse population. … Again, that’s something we like to help organizations do; it is a skill set you can develop and use. … I’m confident we’re going to do better going forward. … Visitation restrictions: is it right and how do we support families in the NICU during COVID-19?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60363/psn-pdf
March 01, 2021 - Education on how to communicate: The Transitions Coach uses role playing and other
tools to educate … patients and family members on how to communicate care needs effectively
during subsequent encounters … condition and educates patients and family members on how to respond to these
red flags, should they … how to respond in these situations. … Please do not accept training offers from other entities.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-kidney-transplant-complications
January 29, 2020 - The vascular surgery team then performed a right to left fem-fem bypass. … With multiple subspecialists involved in a patient’s care, it may be prudent to designate a team leader … to oversee the entire course of care for a patient to avoid missing critical periods of monitoring. … When patients such as the individual in this case do need multiple interventions, it is essential to … The authors are solely responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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January 01, 2022 - :
• Describe how health care providers should evaluate acute neurological
deficits of less than 24 … – ENLS training addresses what emergency care providers should do in the
first hour to best help … Routine Use of CT Angiography and Perfusion Imaging (3)
25
• Reliance on the NIHSS as a trigger to … Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct. … Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS): What to Do in the First Hour of a Neurological Emergency.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49491/psn-pdf
September 01, 2005 - resuscitation (CPR) but had never trained with the other team members and
didn’t recall being trained in how … She commented on how difficult it had been to
squeeze the Ambu bag toward the end of the code, a fact … she never had a chance to practice or apply that knowledge in a clinical setting. … It is very hard for a simulation center with a few mannequins to “scale up” an ACLS or CPR training … The authors are solely
responsible for this report’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73899/psn-pdf
September 29, 2021 - care
Recognize limitations of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs)
Recognize differences in how … 90” OME or “carefully justify a
decision (to do so) based on individualized assessment of benefits and … lead a pharmacist to
refuse to fill a prescription if no provider calls back. … In this example, a provider
wants to switch a patient from Opioid A to Opioid B:
Once the conversion … Using the equianalgesic doses shown in Table 5, here is how a provider would convert a patient’s
medication
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April 01, 2022 - While physicians make diagnostic and treatment decisions, they may only spend 30 to 45 minutes a day … with even a critically ill hospitalized patient, which limits their ability to see changes in a patient … Association, only 14 states have passed nurse staffing legislation as of March 2021
and most states do … As discussed in another WebM&M commentary, nurses do not currently have a
required standardized transition … are an
entrenched part of patient care, the link between interruptions and errors is one example of how
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866055/psn-pdf
May 29, 2024 - If leadership
and frontline staff do not support the innovation, then it will struggle to get off the … Champions
provide feedback to organization leadership on how the initial rollout of the innovation is … Sustaining This Innovation
To sustain this innovation, Ascension found it essential to measure how the … Both groups must assess how the innovation is progressing in terms of reliability measures, like near … Retained surgical items: how do we get to zero? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
. 2023;49(1):1-2.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865466/psn-pdf
March 27, 2024 - Gandhi, MD, MPH, described
how systems-level and data-driven patient safety can drive greater equity … Researchers have developed a data analysis tool to assess
group dynamics for vulnerabilities to bias … awareness-racial-and-ethnic-bias-and-potential-solutions-address-bias-use-health-care
algorithms, even in algorithms that do … A key initiative to improve equity in patient safety starts at data gathering, as a key commentary
notes … These efforts model how organizations may address the systemic factors that continue
to perpetuate inequities
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50699/psn-pdf
November 26, 2019 - .2
For example, prolonged bed rest can lead to muscle wasting and the increased likelihood of a fall … A horizontal approach strives to address risk
factors in the context of lowering overall facility-wide … It focuses on how interventions can
prevent multiple types of harm at once and may provide a more comprehensive … unnecessary risks and ensure a patient-centered approach to care decision-making. … What do we know about frailty in the acute care setting? A
scoping review.