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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/think-twice-effects-diagnostic-accuracy-returning-case-reflect-upon-initial-diagnosis
June 08, 2022 - diagnostic errors among internal medicine physicians in Switzerland, and found that diagnostic accuracy increased … March 18, 2020
Patient-related factors associated with an increased risk of being a reported
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/endorsements-surgeon-punishment-and-patient-compensation-rested-and-sleep-restricted
September 23, 2020 - Prior research has shown that certain surgeon behaviors are associated with an increased risk of malpractice … Sleep restriction was associated with increased desire to punish the surgeons and provide greater financial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiology-impact-healthcare-errors-during-shift-work
February 24, 2021 - Extended work shifts for nurses and physicians have been linked to increased risk of errors . … Studies suggested a positive correlation between errors and increased mental and physical fatigue resulting
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-events-childrens-hospitals-during-covid-19-pandemic
January 15, 2020 - Results indicate an increased risk for overall PDIs, but only postoperative sepsis showed increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46645/psn-pdf
January 23, 2019 - emergency-department-contribution-prescription-opioid-epidemic
As deaths and overdoses related to opioid use have increased … Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey from 1996 to 2012 and found that the quantity of opioids prescribed increased … While the percentage of opioids prescribed in the ambulatory setting increased
from 71% in 1996 to 83%
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/visitor-restrictions-during-covid-19-pandemic-and-increased-falls-harm-canadian-hospital
June 05, 2013 - Study
Visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased falls with … Visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased falls with harm at a Canadian hospital … Visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased falls with harm at a Canadian hospital
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44845/psn-pdf
July 01, 2016 - Falls,
pressure ulcers, and Clostridium difficile infections increased in the older patients' ward after … On the acute assessment unit, falls
and medication errors temporarily increased for the first 6 months … The
authors found neither clear evidence of benefit nor increased risk of harm attributable to moving
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40024/psn-pdf
December 21, 2014 - Gynecologic surgeries emerged as the only type of surgery significantly
associated with an increased … risk of retained instruments, and retained foreign bodies were associated with
increased hospital length … of stay and costs (but not increased mortality).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44064/psn-pdf
November 03, 2015 - july-effect-analysis-never-events-nationwide-inpatient-sample
Whether the "July effect"—a period of increased … largely
been mixed, although a systematic review concluded that the weight of the evidence suggests increased … July admissions were linked to a 6% increased likelihood of experiencing a hospital-
acquired condition
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/chronic-pain-diagnoses-and-opioid-dispensings-among-insured-individuals-serious-mental
November 29, 2023 - Prescription opioids are associated with an increased risk of adverse drug events and individual’s underlying … depressive disorder (MDD) and found that having a diagnosis of bipolar disorder or MDD was associated with increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-standardized-postanesthesia-care-handoff-increases-information-transfer
February 03, 2011 - postanesthesia care unit led to improved information transfer, as measured by direct observation, and increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overnight-stay-emergency-department-and-mortality-older-patients
March 05, 2025 - department (ED) can result in long wait times to be seen or admitted, as well as placing patients at increased … Findings indicate that patients who spent an overnight in the ED had a higher in-hospital mortality rate, increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-physician-sleep-and-wellness-burnout-and-clinically-significant-medical-errors
January 27, 2021 - study of attending and house staff physicians found that sleep-related impairment was associated with increased … burnout, decreased professional fulfillment, and increased self-reported clinically significant medical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/benefits-and-harms-open-notes-mental-health-delphi-survey-international-experts
July 07, 2021 - access their own ambulatory clinical health record has benefits such as identification of errors and increased … Experts suggested the benefits would be similar to those seen in primary care , such as increased patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-does-workplace-violence-reporting-culture-affect-workplace-violence-nurse-burnout-and
February 08, 2023 - As anticipated, WPV increased nurse burnout, but unexpectedly, a strong WPV- reporting culture also … increased the negative effect of WPV on burnout.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgeon-burnout-impact-patient-safety-and-professionalism-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
October 14, 2020 - Burnout in healthcare providers has been linked to lower patient safety and increased adverse events … Results indicate higher rates of burnout and emotional exhaustion were associated with an increased risk
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-and-patient-impact-boarding-pediatric-emergency-department-2018-2022
October 19, 2022 - Increased boarding time was associated with increased length of overall hospital stay for patients admitted
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-staff-turnover-during-cardiac-surgical-procedures
November 06, 2019 - This study examined whether increased team turnover raises the likelihood of sharp count errors by … count errors were associated with higher rates of in-hospital mortality and were more prevalent with increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-medication-errors-adults-hospital-settings
March 09, 2022 - Medication errors can lead to harm in hospitalized patients including increased length of stay, lower … quality of life, increased morbidity, and even death.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-outcomes-after-opioid-dose-reduction-among-patients-chronic-opioid-therapy
April 27, 2022 - In this cohort of Oregon Medicaid recipients, discontinuation increased the risk for suicide or opioid-related … Patients with stable or increasing doses had an increased risk of overdose.