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41. In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls | PSNet
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    December 18, 2024 - no injury. … injury to that person and their psyche. … We published our results in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). … In hospitals, falls with injuries can lead to other adverse outcomes including pressure injuries or … Make STEADI part of your medical practice. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

42. Visual illusions in radiology: untrue perceptions in medical images and their implications for diagnostic accuracy. | PSNet
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    July 06, 2022 - Commentary Visual illusions in radiology: untrue perceptions in medical images and … Visual illusions in radiology: untrue perceptions in medical images and their implications for diagnostic … May 13, 2020 Association of low-dose whole-body computed tomography with missed injury … diagnoses and radiation exposure in patients with blunt multiple trauma. … Diagnostic errors in interpretation of pediatric musculoskeletal radiographs at common injury

43. Uncovering system errors using a rapid response team: cross-coverage caught in the crossfire. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2009;67(1). doi:10.1097/ta.0b013e31819ea514 … The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care . 2009; 67 (1) . … The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 2009;67(1). doi:10.1097/ta.0b013e31819ea514 … Settings Help Improve Management of Sepsis May 31, 2023 Care transition of trauma … Medication Reconciliation Pitfalls February 1, 2010 The use of medical

44. Adverse Event | PSNet
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    April 02, 2025 - Adverse Event Any injury caused by medical care. … Examples: pneumothorax from central venous catheter placement anaphylaxis to penicillin postoperative wound … Similarly, postoperative wound infections count as adverse events even if the operation proceeded with

45. Advising patients about patient safety: current initiatives risk shifting responsibility. | PSNet
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    May 20, 2015 - injury to patients: an improbable risk management strategy. … February 3, 2011 Medical monitoring for pharmaceutical injuries: tort law for the public's … April 21, 2015 Who pays for medical errors? … February 4, 2015 Beyond negligence: avoidability and medical injury compensation. … January 4, 2012 Patient safety and medical malpractice: a case study.

46. Sepsis Resulting from Delays in Treatment and Miscommunication among Specialists | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - The affected tissue demonstrates markedly compromised integrity and impaired wound healing, which dramatically … , as well as patient factors such as medical comorbidities, fitness, and health literacy and engagement … For patients with complex medical conditions and ongoing surgical needs, joint ownership of the care … In fact, a common theme of successful surgical and medical co-management models is the involvement of … Nationwide comparison of the medical complexity of patients by surgical specialty.

47. Communication failures contributing to patient injury in anaesthesia malpractice claims. | PSNet
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    August 04, 2021 - Study Communication failures contributing to patient injury in anaesthesia malpractice … Communication failures contributing to patient injury in anaesthesia malpractice claims. … Communication failures contributing to patient injury in anaesthesia malpractice claims. … February 9, 2022 Injury and liability associated with monitored anesthesia care: a closed … February 8, 2023 Medical malpractice lawsuits involving trainees in obstetrics and gynecology

48. Prevalence and nature of adverse medical device events in hospitalized children. | PSNet
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    October 05, 2011 - Prevalence and nature of adverse medical device events in hospitalized children. … Such injuries have been studied in adult inpatients , but this study represents the first population-based … estimate of harm caused by medical devices in hospitalized children. … the investigators found that approximately 1 in 300 pediatric inpatients experienced a device-related injury … Prior research using voluntarily reported data has shown that device injuries are among the most common

49. Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. | PSNet
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    December 23, 2016 - Sentinel Event Alerts Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities … Citation Text: Preventing falls and fall-related injuries in health care facilities. … Falls in the hospital are common, particularly among elderly patients , and falls resulting in serious injury … Cite Citation Citation Text: Preventing falls and fall-related injuries … November 24, 2021 Medical device alarm safety in hospitals.

50. Optimizing the patient handoff between EMS and the emergency department. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - Optimizing the patient handoff between emergency medical services and the emergency department. … Optimizing the patient handoff between emergency medical services and the emergency department. … April 12, 2019 Addressing prehospital patient safety using the science of injury prevention … August 9, 2023 High delayed and missed injury rate after inter-hospital transfer of severely … injured trauma patients.

51. Nothing Called Small Surgery | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - Arguably the most severe complication of digital tourniquets, ischemic injuries, have two principal causes … surgeons in the controlled setting of the operating room and may not be generalizable to patients with medical … J Orthop Trauma. 2010 Jun;24(6):387–8.   Smith IM, Austin OMB, Knight SL. … J Trauma. 2006 Dec;61(6):1415–8.   Lahham S, Tu K, Ni M, Tran V, Lotfipour S, Anderson CL, et al.  … engagements to enhance interprofessional collaboration and safety behaviors among novice nurses and medical

52. In Conversation with David W. Bates about Are We Safer Today? | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - What we found in our  recent study was that one in four patients suffers an injury during a hospitalization … will develop a dangerous pressure injury. … But if you are seeing a patient with an ankle injury, it should be underscored that there is a rule so … AI to figure out how severe the injury has been. … In the Harvard Medical Practice Study , nurses and medical records analysts screened 31,429 records

53. Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients. | PSNet
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    March 03, 2011 - Classic Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury … Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients. … Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients. … Patterns of technical error among surgical malpractice claims: an analysis of strategies to prevent injury … 21, 2014 Surgical case listing accuracy: failure analysis at a high-volume academic medical

54. Preventing patient positioning injuries in the nonoperating room setting. | PSNet
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    November 21, 2012 - Preventing patient positioning injuries in the nonoperating room setting. … Hospital-acquired pressure injuries are considered a never event . … Preventing patient positioning injuries in the nonoperating room setting. … August 12, 2020 Errors in medicine: punishment versus learning medical adverse events … March 24, 2021 Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical

55. Falls | PSNet
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    October 27, 2021 - More than one-third of in-hospital falls result in injury, including serious injuries such as fractures … and head trauma. … Death or serious injury resulting from a fall while being cared for in a health care facility is considered … Falls that do not result in injury can be serious as well. … Annual Perspective Measuring and Responding to Deaths From Medical

56. Analysis of surgical errors in closed malpractice claims at 4 liability insurers. | PSNet
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    February 17, 2011 - The cases resulted in significant harm: 23% of the patients died, and 65% suffered disabling injuries … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Claims, errors, and compensation payments in medical … October 26, 2010 Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical … August 26, 2011 Who pays for medical errors? … July 10, 2008 Disclosure of medical injury to patients: an improbable risk management

57. Adverse Events, Near Misses, and Errors | PSNet
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    March 30, 2022 - defined an adverse event as "an injury that was caused by medical management (rather than the underlying … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement uses a similar definition: unintended physical injury resulting … These adverse events were the focus of both the Medical Insurance Feasibility Study and the Harvard Medical … Ameliorable adverse events are those that are not preventable, but the severity of the injury "could … Ten days later, the patient presents to the emergency department with acute kidney injury and critically

58. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 15, 2024 - defined an adverse event as "an injury that was caused by medical management (rather than the underlying … The Institute for Healthcare Improvement uses a similar definition: unintended physical injury resulting … Medical Practice Study. … Ameliorable adverse events are those that are not preventable, but the severity of the injury "could … A near miss is defined as "an event or situation that did not produce patient injury, but only because

59. Social capital and knowledge sharing: effects on patient safety. | PSNet
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    September 15, 2011 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) System approach to prevent common bile duct injury … September 15, 2011 Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries. … mechanism in preventing infection caused by accompanying caregivers during COVID-19-experience of a city medical … STOPP-J criteria and risks of hospitalization and mortality in elderly patients receiving home-based medical … January 9, 2011 The culture of a trauma team in relation to human factors.

60. Intraoperative deaths: who, why, and can we prevent them? | PSNet
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    November 04, 2020 - This study analyzed five years of data on IODs from a large academic medical center. … The authors describe three phenotypes: patients with traumatic injury, those undergoing non-trauma-related … emergency surgery, and patients who die during an elective procedure from medical cardiac arrests or … vascular injuries. … the Same Author(s) Cognitive bias impact on management of postoperative complications, medical