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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39215/psn-pdf
    January 03, 2017 - Medication errors were associated with an increased length of stay, as demonstrated in prior research

  2. Reporting Patient Safety Events | PSNet

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    March 30, 2022 - the actions leading up to it (e.g., the nurse, pharmacist, or physician caring for a patient when a medication … error occurred), rather than management or patient safety professionals. … Reporting and Learning System , a nationwide voluntary event reporting system, and the MEDMARX voluntary medication … error reporting system in the U.S. has led to much valuable research. … Studies of electronic hospital event reporting systems generally show that medication errors and patient

  3. The Safety and Quality of Long Term Care | PSNet

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    January 01, 2016 - For example, in the Institute of Medicine report on Preventing Medication Errors, approximately 800,000 … errors, adverse drug events). … Aspden P, Wolcott J, Bootman JL, et al., eds for the Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication … Errors, Institute of Medicine. … Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 27, 2016 - Correct use of inhalers: help patients breathe easier. July 27, 2016 ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 14, 2016;21:1-6. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/correct-use-inhalers-help-patients-breathe-easier Patients and clinicians can make medication administration mistakes when new drug delivery mecha…

  5. Addressing the Opioid Crisis in the United States. | PSNet

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    November 18, 2011 - Pharmacist Role in Patient Safety February 21, 2020 ISMP medication … error report analysis. … June 16, 2019 ISMP medication error report analysis.

  6. Wrong Catheter in the Right Patient | PSNet

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    May 16, 2022 - Patient Identification Errors: A Systems Challenge January 29, 2020 ISMP medication … error report analysis.

  7. Thinking Outside the Pillbox: A System-wide Approach to Improving Patient Medication Adherence for Chronic Disease. | PSNet

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    January 20, 2016 - November 2, 2011 Out-of-hospital medication errors: a 6-year analysis of the national

  8. Implicit bias and patient care: mitigating bias, preventing harm. | PSNet

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    September 22, 2021 - Color coded medication safety system reduces community pediatric emergency nursing medication … errors.

  9. A national survey assessing the number of records allowed open in electronic health records at hospitals and ambulatory sites. | PSNet

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    May 29, 2019 - Computerized prescriber order entry–related patient safety reports: analysis of 2522 medication … errors.

  10. Final Progress Report: Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS) (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - Key Words: Medication errors/prevention & control *Medication reconciliation Organizational culture

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36431/psn-pdf
    March 28, 2011 - among unit nurses and found that, while it was well received and seemed to reduce non-intravenous (IV) medication … errors, it had no broad effect on overall error rates.

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 24, 2016 - systematic-review-psychological-literature-interruption-and-its-patient-safety-implications https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-medication-errors-quality-chasm-series

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38198/psn-pdf
    May 05, 2018 - highlights learnings from ISMP's QuarterWatch report, a pilot program used to identify new drug risks and medication … errors reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38017/psn-pdf
    May 02, 2018 - a patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pump and provides recommendations for preventing pump-related medication … errors.

  15. Pilot Testing of Initial Electronic Prescribing Standards (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2008 - In hospitals, the average nt is subject to at least one medication error per day.4 This study also … • Assessed standards’ impact on medication errors. 1 5 C. … Preliminary data from this group have demonstrated a potential decrease in medication errors that are … Medication Error: Any error occurring in the medication use process (Bates et al., 1995)11 Includes … Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series.

  16. Pilot Testing of Initial Electronic Prescribing Standards (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/eRxReport_041607_1.pdf
    April 01, 2008 - In hospitals, the average nt is subject to at least one medication error per day.4 This study also … • Assessed standards’ impact on medication errors. 1 5 C. … Preliminary data from this group have demonstrated a potential decrease in medication errors that are … Medication Error: Any error occurring in the medication use process (Bates et al., 1995)11 Includes … Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series.

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48090/psn-pdf
    August 28, 2019 - Preventing errors with high-risk medications. August 28, 2019 Wiley F. Drug Topics. August 2019;1633:16-18. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-errors-high-risk-medications High-alert medications have the potential to cause serious patient harm if not administered correctly. Reporting on challenges to medicati…

  18. Closing the Communication Gap Between Prescribers and Pharmacists to Decrease Medication Safety Risks | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/closing-communication-gap-between-prescribers-and-pharmacists
    January 01, 2023 - expanding its functionality to include medications from outside the EHR could further reduce the risk of medication … errors.

  19. Measuring nursing error: psychometrics of MISSCARE and practice and professional issues items. | PSNet

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    October 17, 2012 - Study Measuring nursing error: psychometrics of MISSCARE and practice and professional issues items. Citation Text: Castner J, Dean-Baar S. Measuring nursing error: psychometrics of MISSCARE and practice and professional issues items. J Nurs Manag. 2014;22(3):421-437. Copy Citation …

  20. High-reliability organizations (HROs): what they know that we don't (Part I). | PSNet

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    July 27, 2022 - Newspaper/Magazine Article High-reliability organizations (HROs): what they know that we don't (Part I). Citation Text: High-reliability organizations (HROs): what they know that we don't (Part I). ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. July 14, 2005. Copy Citation …
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