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201. 'Failing wisely' can promote a safer healthcare system. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/failing-wisely-can-promote-safer-healthcare-system
     April 30, 2014 - approaches to enhance patient safety that build on what was learned during the COVID-19 pandemic that improved … October 28, 2020 System Governance Towards Improved Patient Safety: Key Functions, Approaches

202. Impact of pharmacist involvement in the transitional care of high-risk patients through medication reconciliation, medication education, and postdischarge call-backs (IPITCH Study). | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-pharmacist-involvement-transitional-care-high-risk-patients-through-medication
     August 25, 2011 - This randomized controlled trial found that integrating pharmacists into the discharge process improved … April 5, 2013 Answers to improved medication reconciliation lie with pharmacists.

203. Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2007. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-americas-hospitals-joint-commissions-annual-report-quality-and-safety-2007
     April 24, 2007 - The report suggests that hospital performance consistently improved from year to year as measured by … measurement and reporting requirements in future years to adequately reflect the organization's goal of improved

204. A coaching program to improve employee engagement, culture of safety, and patient experience. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/coaching-program-improve-employee-engagement-culture-safety-and-patient-experience
     April 05, 2013 - Organization-wide survey scores improved 12 months after the coaching program was launched. … September 29, 2017 Improved safety culture and teamwork climate are associated with decreases

205. A controlled trial of smart infusion pumps to improve medication safety in critically ill patients. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/controlled-trial-smart-infusion-pumps-improve-medication-safety-critically-ill-patients
     March 13, 2019 - medication error rates in both study groups, opportunities for intervention were discovered through improved … The authors concluded that improved infusion safety can result from incorporating novel technology but

206. Effect of a "Lean" intervention to improve safety processes and outcomes on a surgical emergency unit. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-lean-intervention-improve-safety-processes-and-outcomes-surgical-emergency-unit
     January 04, 2010 - An intervention using Lean methodology improved adherence to recommended care processes in a surgical … Evaluation of a preoperative team briefing: a new communication routine results in improved

207. Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-prescription-drug-warnings-promote-patient-comprehension
     December 21, 2014 - This study found that merely simplifying the text of drug warnings improved comprehension, and addition … of pictorial icons to the warnings further improved comprehension among adults with low or marginal

208. Development and pilot evaluation of a preoperative briefing protocol for cardiovascular surgery. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-pilot-evaluation-preoperative-briefing-protocol-cardiovascular-surgery
     September 27, 2016 - demonstrated that a specialty-specific preoperative briefing tool decreased surgical flow disruptions and improved … February 17, 2010 Improved operating room teamwork via SAFETY prep: a rural community

209. Escape Fire: Lessons for the Future of Health Care. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/escape-fire-lessons-future-health-care
     July 05, 2008 - Finally, Berwick proposes three design elements in creating a radically different and much improved health … They include greater access for patients to the system, improved application of science at the bedside

210. Development and sustainability of an inpatient-to-outpatient discharge handoff tool: a quality improvement project. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-sustainability-inpatient-outpatient-discharge-handoff-tool-quality
     August 04, 2015 - inpatient-to-outpatient handoff tool in the electronic health record was successfully implemented and improved … effective care transition communication: implementation of an electronic medical record-based tool for improved

211. Surgical team training: the Northwestern Memorial Hospital experience. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgical-team-training-northwestern-memorial-hospital-experience
     March 03, 2011 - team training program increased compliance with team behaviors, such as structured briefings , and improved … August 18, 2010 Crew resource management improved perception of patient safety in the

212. Improving the discharge process by embedding a discharge facilitator in a resident team. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-discharge-process-embedding-discharge-facilitator-resident-team
     January 23, 2019 - Although NP discharge facilitation achieved improved patient satisfaction with the discharge process, … higher rates of timely outpatient follow-up, and improved resident work efficiency , it did not result

213. Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study. | PSNet
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     January 02, 2017 - This study describes a hospital-wide initiative that significantly improved nearly all safety culture … , 2012 Patient Safety Dialogue: evaluation of an intervention aimed at achieving an improved

214. Association between hospital safety culture and surgical outcomes in a statewide surgical quality improvement collaborative. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-hospital-safety-culture-and-surgical-outcomes-statewide-surgical-quality
     February 14, 2017 - Prior research examining the association between improved safety culture and patient outcomes has produced … They also found a significant association between improved safety culture as measured by the SAQ and

215. Interventions to improve team effectiveness within health care: a systematic review of the past decade. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-improve-team-effectiveness-within-health-care-systematic-review-past-decade
     March 05, 2010 - checklists , and (3) organizational (re)designs, which involves intervening in structures which lead to improved … January 27, 2019 Simulation-based training: the missing link to lastingly improved patient

216. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47022/psn-pdf
     July 19, 2018 - Thoughtless design of the electronic health record drives overuse, but purposeful design can nudge improved … Thoughtless design of the electronic health record drives overuse, but purposeful design can nudge improved

217. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44507/psn-pdf
     July 18, 2016 - habits to enhance MET performance under stress: a discussion paper reviewing team mechanisms for improved … Six habits to enhance MET performance under stress: A discussion paper reviewing team mechanisms for improved

218. Safety and communication in the operating room: a safety questionnaire after the implementation of a blood-borne pathogen exposure checkpoint in the surgical safety checklist preprocedure time-out. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-and-communication-operating-room-safety-questionnaire-after-implementation-blood-borne
     September 23, 2020 - obtained from operating room personnel revealed that the intervention was associated with perceptions of improved … Evaluation of a preoperative team briefing: a new communication routine results in improved

219. How incident reporting systems can stimulate social and participative learning: a mixed-methods study. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-incident-reporting-systems-can-stimulate-social-and-participative-learning-mixed-methods
     November 04, 2020 - core areas related to incident reporting: (1) changed staff attitudes and increased reporting; (2) improved … October 28, 2020 System Governance Towards Improved Patient Safety: Key Functions, Approaches

220. Preoperative surgical briefings do not delay operating room start times and are popular with surgical team members. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preoperative-surgical-briefings-do-not-delay-operating-room-start-times-and-are-popular
     March 02, 2022 - delayed after briefings were standardized, and operating room personnel strongly felt the briefings improved … A prior study also found that briefings actually improved operating room efficiency by preventing unexpected