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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-erik-hollnagel-phd
February 26, 2025 - With IT—when the developer promises the earth and never delivers, it just makes it even more complicated … Patient Safety Committee and we hear about cases, it strikes me that to change anything now almost always … In fact, sometimes there are contradictory regulations. … called efficiency–thoroughness trade-off or ETTO , which means that people in everyday work situations usually … They all do it with the best of intentions, but sometimes they should reflect a little more on their
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/missed-connection-case-inadequate-ecg-oversight-cardiac-surgery
March 25, 2020 - gurney, the OR team noticed that the electrocardiogram cable that enables synchronized cardioversion was never … Patients with significant aortic stenosis usually develop left ventricular hypertrophy, which makes the … There is never any guarantee that shocking the ventricle will terminate VF. … There should never be any delay with cardioversion or defibrillation because staff cannot find the defibrillator … However, VF can sometimes be refractory to defibrillation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33728/psn-pdf
May 01, 2012 - One of the reasons may be that we focused on a lot of errors that never impact a
patient. … Some never impact a patient and some can
dramatically impact a patient. … occurred in the
Medicare study—more than a quarter of the patients had them and minor events were sometimes … So
we'll always have a human review to assess and validate its accuracy. … DC: The feedback loop is usually that air traffic controller having access to the patient information
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/spotlight_case_missed_connection-a_case_of_inadequate_ecg_oversight_in_cardiac_surgery_slides_-_final.pdf
January 01, 2024 - , the OR team noticed that the electrocardiogram cable that enables
synchronized cardioversion was never … heart from beating during bypass.
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• Patients with significant aortic stenosis usually … • There is never any guarantee that shocking the ventricle will terminate VF. … • There should never be any delay with cardioversion or defibrillation because staff
cannot find … • However, VF can sometimes be refractory to defibrillation.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73302/psn-pdf
May 26, 2021 - CC: I think a lot of the organizations, especially the ones that I've worked [with], always set up the … Sometimes
it's an entry-level job when we see EMTs [emergency medical technicians] and paramedics in … Your first call is always your field supervisor. … KH: Do you have the equivalent of “never events” in the hospital that automatically trigger more
scrutiny … CC: Usually the trauma registries are really just to determine the amount of trauma and what's being
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865429/psn-pdf
April 24, 2024 - , the OR
team noticed that the electrocardiogram cable that enables synchronized cardioversion was never … Patients with significant aortic stenosis usually develop left ventricular hypertrophy, which makes the … There is never any guarantee that shocking the ventricle will terminate VF. … However, VF can sometimes be refractory
to defibrillation. … Cardiac OR staff should always be prepared to put their patient back on bypass urgently if VF or
other
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836879/psn-pdf
April 27, 2022 - medical news in 30- to 60-second sound bites (except in the midst of a pandemic),
and the content usually … Sometimes people believe that they're the victim of an error when they weren't, and sometimes, they … So you can't always just go by the testimony of an individual. … Professionalism alone won't do it, and has never done it, as physician leaders in this field have openly … The media: an essential, if sometimes arbitrary, promoter of patient safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33826/psn-pdf
February 01, 2017 - many people—working alone and
together—need to use judgment to respond to new situations that they've never … In health care, it's usually even more the
case. … Sometimes
people in CEO roles are physicians or nurses; sometimes they're not. … It's always been remarkable to me,
compared with other or business organizations how hospitals have … three coexisting, but sometimes not
even coacting, hierarchies all trying to run the same place.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/what-can-rest-health-care-system-learn-vas-quality-and-safety-transformation
September 01, 2006 - By allowing each VISN (and usually each facility) to decide how it should meet its performance targets … My father used to always tease me about it. … Sometimes I was successful in interceding with the professors, explaining that's not really how to use … Well, I always say that the person who thinks it can never happen to them is the most dangerous person … Whereas, in the private sector, that isn't always the case.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpat-croskerry-md-phd
June 01, 2010 - In the emergency department, you usually don't know the patient, you don't necessarily have access to … And you can watch them happen: You can just stand back sometimes and admire the cognitive choreography … She's always here. It never amounts to anything; she's just a frequent flyer." … Some work has been done on this, but if you feel very positively toward the patient, sometimes there … There's always a huge residue of uncertainty that we must learn to live with.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-david-blumenthal-md-mpp
July 01, 2012 - I've always tried to keep that in mind. … And its never been done in the history of human affairs for health information. No models exist. … Doing so requires that we are aware when we err, and sometimes this is not easy to do. … For example, while surgical errors are usually obvious, the vast majority—probably more than 95%—of medication … Also, sometimes when physicians order exactly the right medication, dose, schedule, and route for the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-and-health-information-technology-learning-our-mistakes
July 01, 2012 - Doing so requires that we are aware when we err, and sometimes this is not easy to do. … For example, while surgical errors are usually obvious, the vast majority—probably more than 95%—of medication … Also, sometimes when physicians order exactly the right medication, dose, schedule, and route for the … I've always tried to keep that in mind. … And its never been done in the history of human affairs for health information. No models exist.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33820/psn-pdf
December 01, 2016 - Now we could argue that's what
root cause analysis wants to do, but it doesn't always work out that … Usually there are many. … Even in the rare situation that they do look at them, they virtually never have an explicit,
transparent … Sometimes the public or the press may be unsophisticated, and instead of having the attention
span to … So it's not like this is just a theoretical construct that's never been employed with reasonable success
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-amy-c-edmondson-phd-am
February 01, 2017 - many people—working alone and together—need to use judgment to respond to new situations that they've never … In health care, it's usually even more the case. … Sometimes people in CEO roles are physicians or nurses; sometimes they're not. … It's always been remarkable to me, compared with other or business organizations how hospitals have three … Globally, this uptake is harder to estimate; we are always amazed when we receive a call from Europe,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/new-insights-about-team-training-decade-teamstepps
February 01, 2017 - In the context of teamwork, fidelity of the simulation is usually less important than how the simulation … Globally, this uptake is harder to estimate; we are always amazed when we receive a call from Europe, … many people—working alone and together—need to use judgment to respond to new situations that they've never … In health care, it's usually even more the case. … Sometimes people in CEO roles are physicians or nurses; sometimes they're not.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lost-black-hole
December 01, 2005 - The hospitalist never received the new report and, lacking a reminder system, forgot to follow up on … The quantitative PCR test for HIV viral load, however, is usually used to monitor response to therapy … Although computerization of information transfer is part of the answer, verbal handoffs will always occur … 1, 2017
Perspective
The Media: An Essential, If Sometimes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withmark-chassin-md-mpp-mph
April 01, 2009 - There aren't usually even two or three. … Quality and safety are sometimes used interchangeably in health care, but they too should be distinguished … It is impossible for all care to be above average; there will always be a distribution of quality. … very complex system, and it is difficult and dangerous to assume that well-intentioned changes will always … practicing medicine today, I know that he would support efforts to improve quality and safety, because he always
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withjoseph-britto-md
February 01, 2007 - questions arise in almost every clinical encounterand sadly, two out of these three remain unanswered, sometimes … Diagnosis decision support systems will never replace good, conscientious clinicians at the bedside. … heuristics known to affect subconscious processing, such as advice to offset the availability heuristic by always … The patient is usually right. I bet her ulcer is back! She should have stayed on that omeprazole. … The patient is usually right. I bet her ulcer is back! She should have stayed on that omeprazole.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/what-do-we-know-about-emergency-department-safety
June 01, 2010 - In the emergency department, you usually don't know the patient, you don't necessarily have access to … And you can watch them happen: You can just stand back sometimes and admire the cognitive choreography … She's always here. It never amounts to anything; she's just a frequent flyer." … Some work has been done on this, but if you feel very positively toward the patient, sometimes there … There's always a huge residue of uncertainty that we must learn to live with.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-ellen-deutsch-md-ms-facs-faap-fssh-cpps
December 14, 2022 - conceptual overview of work and understand processes at a high, representational level, work-as-imagined never … Sometimes I think of these concepts as different lenses of a multifaceted gem, where you turn the gem … Sometimes people are using resilient practices in clinical care settings, but they are not necessarily … in taking care of a simulated patient in their real clinical settings with real equipment, there is usually … I think there is one more component that is not always articulated.