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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-ems-workplace-safety-culture-and-safety-outcomes
November 10, 2010 - medical services (EMS) personnel found that lower perceived safety culture was associated with an increased … risk of adverse events in patients and an increased risk of injury in EMS providers.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/serious-adverse-drug-events-reported-food-and-drug-administration-1998-2005
June 07, 2016 - Voluntarily reported adverse drug events increased markedly from 1998-2005, with a small proportion … July 29, 2020
Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons with increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/complication-rates-weekends-and-weekdays-us-hospitals
August 31, 2011 - Overall complication rates were modestly but significantly increased for some obstetric indicators and … patients with an acute myocardial infarction , or other conditions requiring urgent treatment, have increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-associated-infections-hospitals-leadership-needed-hhs-prioritize-prevention
October 15, 2008 - procedures, and data collection methods related to health-care-associated infections (HAI) and recommends increased … April 29, 2020
Electronic Health Record Programs: Participation Has Increased, but Action
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38415/psn-pdf
February 18, 2009 - perceived-adverse-patient-outcomes-correlated-nurses-workload-medical-and-
surgical-wards
Kuwaiti nurses felt that increased … workload and stress were associated with an increased incidence of
patient safety problems.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-workers-experiences-patient-safety-intensive-care-unit-during-covid-19-pandemic
May 01, 2024 - unfortunate necessity of "cutting safety corners," poorly adapted temporary ICUs, and feelings of increased … July 14, 2021
COVID-19 increased the risk of ICU-acquired bloodstream infections: a case-cohort
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvement-initiatives-lead-reduction-nulliparous-term-singleton-vertex-cesarean
October 19, 2022 - Cesarean delivery is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, longer hospital stays, and increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-written-disclosures-serious-events-increase-risk-malpractice-claims-one-health-care
October 12, 2011 - single, large health care system, they found that although the number of serious event disclosures increased … Claims that were disclosed and claims that involved greater harm were associated with increased compensation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-shortage-associated-increase-catheter-related-blood-stream-infection-children
April 24, 2018 - National drug shortages have increased and emerged as a serious patient safety issue in the United … During the shortage, the rate of CRBSI at one hospital rose dramatically, resulting in increased lengths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47264/psn-pdf
October 03, 2018 - potentially-inappropriate-opioid-prescribing-overdose-and-mortality-
massachusetts-2011-2015
High-risk opioid prescribing practices contribute to increased … cohort study, researchers found that potentially inappropriate opioid prescribing was associated with
increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38854/psn-pdf
August 12, 2009 - for residents was associated with a reduction in complications and
mortality but was accompanied by increased … costs and an increased workload for attending surgeons.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41127/psn-pdf
February 08, 2012 - associations-safety-climate
This study found that hospital units with poor safety climate had an increased … risk of preventable adverse
events for patients and an increased risk of injuries (such as needlesticks
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36929/psn-pdf
September 09, 2011 - Lower
nurse-to-patient ratios and increased overtime both negatively impacted patient safety and in-hospital … demonstrated that lower nurse staffing and extended
shifts are associated with self-reported errors and increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-interruptions-distractions-and-cognitive-load-procedure-failures-and-medication
March 02, 2012 - found that interruptions and distractions are frequent during nursing medication administration, which increased … September 28, 2016
Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-reduction-prescribed-opioid-use-chronic-non-cancer-pain
April 04, 2011 - Overuse of opioids to treat chronic pain places patients at risk for adverse outcomes , including increased … April 19, 2023
Use of unsolicited patient observations to identify surgeons with increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-can-task-shifting-put-patient-safety-risk-qualitative-study-experiences-among-general
December 14, 2022 - equivalent professionals, such as hospital specialists and other specialists) and whether task shifting increased … October 7, 2020
Toward increased patient safety?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-discharge-education-program-improve-transitions-care-patients-high-risk
January 12, 2022 - This intervention increased the number of patients who were successfully contacted post-discharge (from … October 5, 2022
Does increased schedule flexibility lead to change?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-surgeon-patient-sex-concordance-postoperative-outcomes
September 09, 2020 - 1.3 million patients, sex discordance between surgeon and patient was associated with a significant increased … August 5, 2020
Association of overlapping surgery with increased risk for complications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnostic-fidelity-approach-standardizing-process-patients-emerging-critical
August 04, 2021 - can be reliably identified using EMR data, and that variations in diagnostic fidelity are linked to increased … May 26, 2021
Delayed rapid response team activation is associated with increased hospital
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvement-initiative-decrease-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections-during
November 16, 2022 - Previous research has found that central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) increased … reduced by 51% and the use of both central line insertion checklists and central line capped lumens increased