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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-do-acute-healthcare-staff-behave-unprofessionally-towards-each-other-and-how-can-these
July 24, 2024 - Factors contributing to unprofessional behavior include workplace disempowerment, organizational uncertainty
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-ai-detecting-and-mitigating-human-errors-safety-critical-industries-review
January 15, 2025 - Examples from health care include using AI to detect diagnostic errors and combining AI with clinician
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surveys-patient-safety-culture-sops-hospital-survey-20-user-database-report
December 18, 2024 - The highest “percent positive” composite measure scores include both effective teamwork and supervisor
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inadequate-outpatient-mental-health-triage-and-care-patient-chico-community-based-outpatient
November 29, 2023 - Recommendations for improvement include same-day access to appropriate specialty care, medication management
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-suicide-locked-mental-health-unit-west-palm-beach-va-medical-center-florida
January 24, 2024 - Recommendations for improvement include staff education, standardization of rounding, and robust oversight
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/severe-hypertension-pregnancy-progress-made-and-future-directions-patient-safety-quality
October 23, 2024 - Updates include a broader focus on educating pregnant patients to recognize and respond to hypertensive
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unfinished-nursing-care-missed-care-and-implicitly-rationed-care-state-science-review
May 08, 2024 - Predictors of missed nursing care include poor safety culture and increased nursing workload.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/long-term-trends-psychotropic-drug-use-nursing-homes
May 25, 2022 - Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General include heightened evaluation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adversarial-attacks-medical-machine-learning
March 19, 2019 - The authors suggest that regulatory review of devices that employ machine learning include an assessment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/occupational-health-and-organizational-culture-within-healthcare-setting-challenges
December 08, 2021 - Topics covered include the importance of safety investigation and safety culture assessment .
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/optimizing-business-case-safe-health-care-integrated-approach-safety-and-finance
January 23, 2019 - Materials include assessments and templates for financial documents and presentation materials.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/endometriosis-affects-1-out-10-women-me-yet-it-often-takes-decade-get-diagnosed
May 05, 2021 - This news story discusses a patient’s experience with common contributors to delay that include Insufficient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-disparities-maternal-mortality
June 17, 2020 - The author reviews weaknesses of this approach which include a lack of emphasis on state-level analysis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/temporarily-holding-medication-orders-safely-order-prevent-patient-harm
March 14, 2023 - Recommendations for improvement include examining electronic health record alerts, assigning one prescriber
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/acog-committee-opinion-590-preparing-clinical-emergencies-obstetrics-and-gynecology
May 22, 2019 - Recommendations include incident debriefings , early warning systems, rapid response systems , and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-advise-err-reported-medication-errors-veklury-remdesivir-emergency-use-authorization
July 01, 2020 - Recommendations to guide safe practice include use of standard order sets and dosing clarifications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/partnering-families-and-patient-advocates-another-line-defense-adverse-event-surveillance
September 11, 2019 - Recommendations to ensure success of this approach include communicating with advocates, encouraging
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overdiagnosis-and-overtreatment-quality-problem-insights-healthcare-improvement-research
May 25, 2022 - Tactics discussed include clear articulation of the problem and contributing factors, use of theory-driven
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dangers-missing-epidural-abscess-multiple-visits-and-delayed-diagnosis-severely-negative
April 27, 2022 - Stage II progresses to include stabbing or shooting radicular pain, nuchal rigidity/neck stiffness, and … Additional symptoms may include fever, chills, numbness, weakness, or bladder or bowel dysfunction. … At minimum, this should include complete vital signs, direct visualization of the skin, palpation of … Advanced neurologic deficits may include paraparesis and quadriparesis, but these are late-stage findings … : Failure to include SEA in the differential diagnosis at each visit, which may exemplify availability
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/misplaced-nasogastric-tube-resulting-aspiration
August 01, 2009 - procedure across all acute and chronic care settings. 1 Indications for nasogastric tube placement include … neurologically impaired, and delivery of enteral nutrition. 1 Contraindications to NG tube placement include … The American College of Radiology’s practice parameters (formerly guidelines) include contacting ordering … Tools to improve timely and accurate exchange of information include closed loop communication (CLC), … Tools that may be utilized include closed loop communication, I-PASS handoff template, automated methods