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January 23, 2017 - rate and medication error rate per 100 medication administrations decreased, the intervention did not lead … May 16, 2018
The other opioid crisis: hospital shortages lead to patient pain, medical
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July 15, 2015 - Diagnostic errors can lead to delayed or incorrect treatments, resulting in serious patient harms. … April 8, 2018
Diagnostic errors that lead to inappropriate antimicrobial use.
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August 02, 2015 - systems (which
use an adjudication process rather than usual courts) will all play a larger role and lead … Formation of accountable care organizations may
lead to reform in the liability system such that organizations
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Codeine use in certain children after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy may lead … Differences in strength expression on product labels of compounders and conventional manufacturers may lead
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September 25, 2024 - The evidence-based approach is true when it comes to preventing errors and mistakes that can lead to … processes that reduce the probability of experiencing errors
and catching errors that occur before they lead … culture in what they say and
do is critical to ensuring that a zero harm goal doesn't potentially lead … that CEO left, those organizations lost those gains in a matter of months when the new CEO
didn’t lead
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January 01, 2024 - His 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) demonstrated normal sinus rhythm and right bundle branch block (RBBB … Overview
This case illustrates how the misinterpretation of a common laboratory complication can lead … In this 12-lead ECG, hypokalemia is evidenced by prominent U waves (red arrows) and T wave inversions … Clinicians should have a low threshold to repeat diagnostic testing such as routine bloodwork and 12-lead … Take Home Points
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Failure to recognize lab values affected by hemolysis can lead
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February 06, 2023 - global pandemic, delayed diagnosis of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may
lead … However, these same heuristics that support “fast
and frugal” decision-making can lead to diagnostic … To avoid such errors, it is useful to understand
why these heuristics potentially lead to biases in … In current circumstances, this cognitive (anchoring) bias may lead clinicians to miss the diagnosis of … Premature closure may also lead clinicians to make a presumptive diagnosis of COVID-19 (allowing the
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September 28, 2022 - them out to do things they don’t need to do, and avoid unnecessary tests or
treatments that might lead … So, I think we’re well positioned to lead patient
safety efforts. … I think primary care has an opportunity to
lead the patient safety effort or to claim it as part of … We need to lead the charge in making sure that those organizations have the
information they need to … Those transitions are important, and I think
primary care can lead by example and demand from our
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/why-are-medical-errors-still-leading-cause-death
September 13, 2017 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Why are medical errors still a leading cause of death?
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Why are medical errors still a leading cause of death? Headley M.
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September 09, 2015 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Selection of incorrect medication pump leads to chemotherapy overdose.
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Selection of incorrect medication pump leads to chemotherapy overdose. ISMP Canada. August 26, 2015;15:1-4.
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April 12, 2017 - Book/Report
Leading Health Care Transformation: A Primer for Clinical Leaders.
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Leading Health Care Transformation: A Primer for Clinical Leaders. Joshi M, Erb N, Zhang S, Sikka R. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2015. ISBN: 9781498700184.
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Loud wake-up call: unlabeled containers lead to patient’s death.
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November 13, 2018 - Interruptions lead to errors and unfinished…wait, what was I doing? … December 21, 2009
Tenfold errors can lead to tragedy.
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October 31, 2023 - of underused interventions.2
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patient’s record could lead … This practice might also lead to undertreatment by
misleading the clinician about a contraindication … Thoughtful
use of copy/paste can save time and keystrokes, but it can lead to medical errors and patient … However, inappropriate use of these tools may lead to patient harm.
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October 01, 2024 - toolkit-mrsa-prevention-icu-non-icu-settings
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Open Notes shines light on errors in patient medical records — will the new rule lead … June 10, 2018
Error-prone conditions that lead to student nurse-related errors.
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Mismatched prescribing and pharmacy templates for parenteral nutrition (PN) lead … Interruptions lead to errors and unfinished…wait, what was I doing?