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3001. Patient and Family Engagement in Long Term Care | PSNet
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      April 10, 2024 - errors (all errors in medicine), harmful errors (medical errors that specifically lead to patient harm … Patient and Family Centered I-PASS (Family-Centered Communication Program to Reduce Medical Errors and … errors (all errors in medicine), harmful errors (medical errors that specifically lead to patient harm … ), and adverse events (harms due to medical care) are leading causes of death and harm in patients in … tailored fall-prevention and patient-family engagement, resulted in a decrease in the rate of falls and injuries

3002. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage | PSNet
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      April 04, 2018 - Yet, it seems from the case that the patient may have been using his prescribed opioids for non-medical … overuse and abuse of opioids, including the escalation of the therapeutic use of opioids, can result in injury … The algorithm involves a 10-step process with diagnosis, determination of medical necessity, establishment … Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD Medical Director, Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky Clinical … February 27, 2019 Performance of large language models on medical oncology examination

3003. In Conversation With… Leah Binder, MA, MGA | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - We graded every hospital for which there's adequate data on errors, accidents, and injuries. … How do I protect them from the errors and injuries that are rampant? What can I do better? … Hospitals Health Care Executives and Administrators Safety Scientists Gynecology Medical

3004. New Oral Anticoagulants | PSNet
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      July 01, 2011 - Promoting awareness of new guidelines and updating medical knowledge among clinicians is certainly a … Fang, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine Medical Director, UCSF Anticoagulation Clinic University … or other relationship with the manufacturers of any commercial products discussed in this continuing medical … Hospital ward adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey of academic medical … Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety August 22, 2014 Injuries

3005. Inflicting Confusion | PSNet
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      August 04, 2021 - June 15, 2022 Findings of the first consensus conference on medical emergency teams. … to recognize newly identified aortic dilations in a health care system with an advanced electronic medical … Removal December 1, 2015 WebM&M Cases Bowel Injury

3006. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - sport, and it's a reason that most of us carry first-party insurance to protect us from unanticipated injury … But it hasn't changed the tort system, which says, if you get harmed by the medical system, you sue. … you go to the Accident Compensation Scheme if there's a medical error.

3007. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2009 - safety pin could be aspirated, or a non-deformable endotracheal tube connector might cause a pressure injury … patient, including morbidity from the RFO, loss of patient trust, and additional costs related to the medical … Washington School of Medicine Chair, Coordinated Quality Improvement Program University of Washington Medical

3008. Beyond the Hospital: the New Frontier of Patient Safety | PSNet
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      August 01, 2014 - In 2009, 52% of paid medical malpractice claims were for outpatient events; two-thirds of them resulted … events that occur in outpatient settings in the United States, resulting in 4829 serious permanent injuries … annually in the ambulatory setting.( 7 ) If the rate of prescribing errors that have potential for patient injury … One of the least understood and most important areas of ambulatory medical error is diagnostic errors … They shadow the medical assistants. They shadow the nurses when they start in clinic.

3009. Spotlight
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      January 01, 2024 - Identify ways that bias associated with medical conditions, such as obesity and its treatment, can lead … Due to the delayed diagnosis, the patient suffered permanent brain injury requiring around-the-clock … If this new information is not incorporated into teams’ medical decision-making, there is a substantial … A query from the medical team to the dietitian might have prompted earlier recognition of the patient … Implicit and explicit anti-fat bias among a large sample of medical doctors by BMI, race/ethnicity and

3010. Advancing Patient Safety Through State Reporting Systems | PSNet
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      June 01, 2007 - called on states to create mandatory reporting systems as part of a strategy to identify and learn about medical … systems that were created prior to 2000 were designed for different purposes (including responses to medical … care system.( 4 ) States have recognized the tension inherent in promoting transparency with regard to medical … How States Report Medical Errors to the Public: Issues and Barriers. … Sexual assault on a patient within or on the grounds of a health care facility Death or significant injury

3011. Getting the Diagnosis Both Right and Wrong | PSNet
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      May 29, 2024 - Laboratory tests showed acute kidney injury with markedly elevated levels of potassium, phosphate, and … Our daily lives—and our medical practice—rely on both of these processes, although the vast majority … Much of medical training is aimed at improving pattern recognition, and it is clear that expert clinicians … are not yet specific evidence-based strategies to support such a suggestion, one could imagine the medical … Olson, MD Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis

3012. The Consequences of Miscommunication Regarding a Possible Artifact | PSNet
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      May 11, 2019 - Relevant Financial Relationships: As a provider accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical … The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) defines a commercial interest as “ … Learning Objectives Discuss the importance of miscommunication in radiology as a contributor to medical … He was diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury and underwent left shoulder surgery. … primary care provider, or incorrect findings can be communicated. 2 In a study from one major academic medical

3013. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      August 31, 2022 - errors.16 Standardized handoff processes can effectively decrease adverse events and medical errors … Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program. … Disconnection in information exchange during pediatric trauma transfers: a qualitative study. … moderator of child’s acute biological response and subsequent posttraumatic stress symptoms in pediatric injury … disorder symptoms and child gender on risk for persistent posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in child trauma

3014. Hurried Team Huddle and Poor Communication: Unsafe Practice During Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Delivery | PSNet
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      September 27, 2023 - The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) defines an ineligible company as “ … Identify the potential benefits of multidisciplinary medical simulations. … There are multiple factors that likely contributed to this medical error. … Can medical simulation and team training reduce errors in labor and delivery?. … October 30, 2024 WebM&M Cases Uterine Artery Injury during

3015. In Conversation With… Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH | PSNet
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      August 22, 2014 - Our study looking at data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey showed that 0.5% of all … That is harm resulting from their medical care that could have been avoided, which doesn't result from … They shadow the medical assistants. They shadow the nurses when they start in clinic. … events that occur in outpatient settings in the United States, resulting in 4829 serious permanent injuries … annually in the ambulatory setting.( 7 ) If the rate of prescribing errors that have potential for patient injury

3016. Mother's Milk, but Whose Mother? | PSNet
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      November 15, 2023 - Was the medical testing associated with the error adequate? … Medical staff should have a detailed list of blood tests to be performed, blood volume samples, who should … A bar code embedded with 4 unique identifiers (infant surname, medical chart number, date of birth, and … December 9, 2020 A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries … September 26, 2016 Prevalence of medication administration errors in two medical units

3017. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      September 15, 2024 - A regional health system in Canada reported a decrease in adverse events such as falls, pressure injuries

3018. Hypoxic Gas Supply from Cross-Connected Pipelines | PSNet
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      February 05, 2020 - Anesthesia clinicians need to know the color-coding system for medical gases in their country. … Br Med J . 1968;3(5620):715-716. [ Free full text ] Medical gases. … Health Memorandum 02-01: Medical gas pipeline systems. Department of Health. … Mandatory Testing of Medical Gas Systems. Plumbing & Mechanical . September 1, 2004. … WebM&M Cases Fecal Contamination of the Peritoneum from Laparoscopic Trocar Injury

3019. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right (Kidney) | PSNet
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      April 01, 2010 - All of the medical records from Hospital A documented a left-sided tumor—the wrong side. … recognized as a sentinel event—an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injuries … The first was documentation error on the medical records from Hospital A (identifying the tumor on the … DeVine, MD Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Medical College of Georgia Georgia Regents University … or other relationship with the manufacturers of any commercial products discussed in this continuing medical

3020. A Case of Mistaken Capacity: Why A Thorough Psychosocial History Can Improve Care. | PSNet
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      July 08, 2022 - The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) defines a commercial interest as “ … Laboratory tests were notable for acute kidney injury, metabolic acidosis, hypomagnesemia, hypophosphatemia … Further medical record review revealed that the patient was incidentally diagnosed with prostate cancer … Evaluating medical decision-making capacity in practice. Am Fam Physician . 2018;98(1):40-49. … Insights from the Professionalism Opinions of Medical Students' research.