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Six major steps to make investigations of suicide valuable for learning and prevention. | PSNet

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December 07, 2022 - March 1, 2023 State medical board regulation of compounding in physician offices. … December 22, 2021 Closing the loop on test results to reduce communication failures: … The role of bias in clinical decision-making of people with serious mental illness and medical … 2021 The psychological and mental impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on medical

Patient comprehension of emergency department care and instructions: are patients aware of when they do not understand? | PSNet

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September 23, 2020 - Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical … Health literacy and recall of medical instructions. … Related Resources Can patients contribute to enhancing the safety and effectiveness of test-result … August 26, 2020 A patient reported approach to identify medical errors and improve patient

Learning from patients' experiences related to diagnostic errors is essential for progress in patient safety. | PSNet

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May 20, 2020 - August 21, 2013 A patient-initiated voluntary online survey of adverse medical events … December 16, 2020 A virtual breakthrough series collaborative for missed test results … Hickson, MD December 1, 2009 Do medical inpatients who report poor service … quality experience more adverse events and medical errors?

Streamlining care in crisis: rapid creation and implementation of a digital support tool for COVID-19. | PSNet

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October 21, 2020 - October 21, 2020 Voluntary medical incident reporting tool to improve physician reporting … of medical errors in an emergency department. … December 23, 2020 Closing the loop on test results to reduce communication failures: … May 13, 2020 Psychological impact and coping strategies of frontline medical staff in

Double Trouble | PSNet

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August 01, 2012 - A fingerstick glucose test was 40 mg/dL. … included a recommendation that the Food and Drug Administration require pharmaceutical companies to test … Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital. … “Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital.” … WebM&M Cases A Postpartum Woman with an Erroneous SARS-CoV-2 Test

Educating seniors to be patient safety self-advocates in primary care. | PSNet

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December 15, 2011 - May 29, 2014 The management of test results in primary care: does an electronic medical … July 19, 2023 Rural community members' perceptions of harm from medical mistakes: a High … December 19, 2018 Learning from different lenses: reports of medical errors in primary

Summary and frequency of barriers to adoption of CPOE in the US. | PSNet

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March 17, 2021 - Although computer provider order entry has been advocated as a strategy to reduce medical error, it

Bandemia as a Harbinger of Stercoral Colitis and Impending Perforation | PSNet

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November 25, 2020 - be idiopathic in nature. 5 All patients will have a heavy stool load at presentation. 1 Laboratory test … The most sensitive test for diagnosis is computed tomography (CT). … Surgical intervention is required when medical management fails to resolve the impaction, or if perforation … MD, FACEP Consulting Editor, AHRQ, Patient Safety Network (PSNet) Health Science Clinical Professor Medical … Improving follow-up of abnormal cancer screens using electronic health records: trust but verify test

Patient Safety in Private Hospitals: the Known and the Unknown Risk. | PSNet

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June 18, 2013 - the Same Author(s) External Inquiry into the adverse incident that occurred at Queen's Medical … October 23, 2023 The Financial and Human Cost of Medical Error... and How Massachusetts … November 5, 2014 The friends and family test: a qualitative study of concerns that influence

Patient safety and error reduction in surgical pathology. | PSNet

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January 08, 2016 - March 13, 2019 Communicating Critical Test Results. … September 1, 2012 Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services … October 7, 2011 Point-of-care testing, medical error, and patient safety: a 2007 assessment

Supporting second victims. | PSNet

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February 15, 2023 - February 17, 2021 Advancing safety with closed-loop communication of test results. … June 20, 2018 Suffering in silence: medical error and its impact on health care providers

A Seasonal Care Transition Failure | PSNet

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June 01, 2016 - After discussion, the provider sent off a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to screen the patient … Future research is needed to test the impact of such interventions on key clinical outcomes, including … Handoffs causing patient harm: a survey of medical and surgical house staff. … Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient … Chicago, IL: Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education; 2011. [Available at] 9.

Characterisations of adverse events detected in a university hospital: a 4-year study using the Global Trigger Tool method. | PSNet

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December 09, 2020 - In this study at an academic medical center, the Global Trigger Tool identified an adverse event rate … November 23, 2014 The friends and family test: a qualitative study of concerns that influence

ACR Recommendations for the use of Chest Radiography and Computed Tomography (CT) for Suspected COVID-19 Infection. | PSNet

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August 14, 2019 - American College of Radiology recommends that CT should not be used to screen for or as a first-line test … April 22, 2020 Psychological impact and coping strategies of frontline medical staff

FDASIA Health IT Report: Proposed Strategy and Recommendations for a Risk-Based Framework. | PSNet

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June 29, 2016 - for ensuring the safe use of health IT, such as the establishment of a "Health IT Safety Center" to test … Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Benefits and Challenges of Machine Learning Technologies for Medical

Diagnostic discordance, uncertainty, and treatment ambiguity in community-acquired pneumonia: a national cohort study of 115 U.S. Veterans Affairs hospitals. | PSNet

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June 07, 2023 - Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among frontline health care personnel in a multistate hospital network--13 academic medical … July 19, 2023 Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program. … The Topic Emergency Departments Emergency Medicine Clinical Misdiagnosis Diagnostic Test

Clinical data sharing improves quality measurement and patient safety. | PSNet

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April 21, 2021 - August 4, 2021 Variation in electronic test results management and its implications for … December 12, 2023 Medical errors kill thousands of people each year. … Topic Hospitals Quality and Safety Professionals Information Professionals Medicine Medical

Patient safety and quality improvement: ethical principles for a regulatory approach to bias in healthcare machine learning. | PSNet

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April 21, 2021 - Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Trust and medical … September 9, 2020 An objective framework for evaluating unrecognized bias in medical … June 1, 2022 Closing the loop on test results to reduce communication failures: a rapid

Examining the meaning of the language used to communicate the nursing hand-off. | PSNet

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July 07, 2021 - March 31, 2021 Closing the loop on test results to reduce communication failures: a rapid … Examining the frequency, types and senders of pages in academic medical services. … 2008 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Nurse Managers Medical

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: telemedicine in obstetrics-quality and safety considerations. | PSNet

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August 10, 2022 - Same Author(s) Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: cognitive bias and medical … April 29, 2018 Variation in electronic test results management and its implications for … 22, 2023 Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: cognitive bias and medical

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