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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unseen-perils-urinary-catheters
January 31, 2024 - 47%).(10) These significant knowledge and practice gaps must be addressed to improve the quality and safety … of patient care. … Assist in healing of open sacral/perineal wound in incontinent patients. … products in male and female patients with urinary incontinence. … May 1, 2019
Improving nurse-to-patient staffing ratios as a cost-effective safety intervention
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-handoff-deliberate-cognitive-processing-results-randomized-controlled-experimental
March 18, 2020 - Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020;47(4):234-241. doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2020.11.008. … Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf . 2020; 47 (4) :234-241 . … Poor handoff communication can threaten patient safety. … ’ problems, which could contribute to improved patient safety. … July 21, 2021
Communication with patients and families regarding health care-associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/long-term-effects-teamwork-training-communication-and-teamwork-climate-ambulatory
May 01, 2019 - results indicate that TeamSTEPPS implementation was associated with improved perceptions of teamwork and patient … August 18, 2021
Social risk, health inequity, and patient safety. … August 19, 2020
The nature of reported safety events related to care coordination in … April 5, 2023
Provider-patient communication and hospital ratings: perceived gaps and … culture and patient safety in emergency departments: a systematic review.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/culture-change-infection-control-applying-psychological-principles-improve-hand-hygiene
November 21, 2021 - The seemingly simple act of hand hygiene has proved to be a formidable obstacle in patient safety, … August 2, 2017
Indication-specific opioid prescribing for US patients with Medicaid or … safety. … February 6, 2014
'Not another safety culture survey': using the Canadian patient safety … August 14, 2013
What is patient safety culture? A review of the literature.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-unexpected-newborn-deaths-changes-obstetric-and-neonatal-process-care
June 01, 2022 - June 1, 2022
Evaluation of a patient-centered fall-prevention tool kit to reduce falls … January 4, 2021
Association of display of patient photographs in the electronic health … record with wrong-patient order entry errors. … December 2, 2020
Maternal and neonatal health care worker well-being and patient safety … Can routinely collected data be repurposed to predict avoidable patient harm?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-recalled-devices-new-device-authorizations-under-us-food-and-drug-administrations-510k
April 13, 2022 - Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness at hospital discharge: experience with COVID-19 patients … March 2, 2011
Improving patient safety and efficiency of medication reconciliation through … the prevalence and association of polypharmacy and drug administration errors in hospitalized adult patients … May 29, 2019
Unintended patient safety risks due to wireless smart infusion pump library … October 8, 2014
Impact of a comprehensive safety initiative on patient-controlled analgesia
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-virtual-nursing-and-missed-nursing-care
December 01, 2021 - From the Same Author(s)
Situation awareness and the mitigation of risk associated with patient … January 12, 2022
Improving patient safety and efficiency of medication reconciliation … Increased mortality and costs associated with adverse events in intensive care unit patients … Patient Safety
March 29, 2023
Exploring care left undone in pediatric nursing … , 2022
Barriers and enablers to nurses' use of harm prevention strategies for older patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/oxford-notechs-system-reliability-and-validity-tool-measuring-teamwork-behaviour-operating
March 03, 2011 - interventions to improve emotional climate, indices of team skills and communication, and threat to patient … July 5, 2013
Poor resident–attending intraoperative communication may compromise patient … safety. … November 23, 2011
The relationship of the emotional climate of work and threat to patient … May 4, 2010
Crew resource management improved perception of patient safety in the operating
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/861772/psn-pdf
January 31, 2024 - J Patient
Saf. 2024;20(1):28-37. doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000001179. … from participants who completed a self-assessment indicate that the program
promotes a culture of safety … second-victims-support-clinicians-involved-errors-and-adverse-events
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45667/psn-pdf
November 16, 2016 - individual-surgeon-mortality-rates-can-outliers-be-detected-national-utility-
analysis
Transparency is touted as central to improving patient … safety, but public reporting of data on individual
surgeon performance—specifically mortality rates—remains … surgeon-specific-mortality-data-disguise-wider-failings-delivery-safe-surgical-services
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variations-surgical-outcomes-associated-hospital-compliance-safety-practices
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-inpatient-electronic-prescribing-system-prescribing-error-causation-qualitative
February 16, 2022 - safety incident data. … how a closed-loop documentation system for IV infusion administration contributes to and compromises patient … safety. … across health, social care and patient safety: a systematic review of reviews. … August 29, 2018
Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-drug-error-reduction-software-preventing-harmful-adverse-drug-events-england
November 16, 2022 - Smart pump software can improve medication safety but can also introduce patient safety hazards, such … DERS was 45%, but across one year of implementation, severe harm or death was avoided in up to 110 patients … Technology as a Tool for Improving Patient Safety
March 29, 2023 … August 31, 2022
Impact of smart pump-electronic health record interoperability on patient … June 16, 2019
Unintended patient safety risks due to wireless smart infusion pump library
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73906/psn-pdf
October 06, 2021 - Safety Learning Lab project,
and what they are discovering about equitable care and its impact on patient … KH: Tell us a bit about that work as an AHRQ Patient Safety Learning Lab and how your interest in this … KT: [AHRQ’s Patient Safety] Learning Lab is an ideal mechanism for this space because it gives us an … We were doing the car seat test that is for “safety,” but the patient thinks
there's something terribly … Many of our PSLL [Patient Safety
Learning Lab] team members are now part of a UNC Health System-wide
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psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/affordable-housing-community-offers-seniors-onsite-health-care-coordination-and-support
March 27, 2024 - Innovation Patient Safety Focus
The SASH program personalized care coordination services successfully … In Conversation with...Richard Ricciardi about Office-Based Patient Safety
January … July 12, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations
Preventing Falls … April 26, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations
Enhancing … March 29, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations
Team-Developed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74728/psn-pdf
February 02, 2022 - J Patient Saf. 2022;18(1):e262-e266.
doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000759. … identification (RFID) technology has been most commonly used in perioperative settings to
improve patient … safety. … technology-based-closed-loop-tracking-improving-communication-and-follow-pathology-results
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-radiofrequency-technology-prevent-retained-sponges-and-improve-patient-outcomes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-current-opioid-use-serious-adverse-events-among-older-adult-survivors-breast
February 15, 2023 - Chronic opioid use for noncancer pain is a well-established patient safety problem but less is known … record with wrong-patient order entry errors. … safety? … September 3, 2014
Building capacity and capability for patient safety education: a train-the-trainers … Patient safety in chemotherapy care—a review of the literature.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/some-unintended-consequences-information-technology-health-care-nature-patient-care
November 18, 2020 - September 25, 2019
Engaging the patient and family in the surgical safety process utilizing … June 26, 2019
An opportunity to engage obstetrics and gynecology patients through shared … : Understanding how the clinician–patient relationship influences patient engagement in safety. … March 27, 2019
Engaging hospital patients in the medication reconciliation process using … safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/global-comparators-project-international-comparison-30-day-hospital-mortality-day-week
May 04, 2016 - four countries, in-hospital mortality within 30 days of admission or surgical procedure was higher for patients … safety indicator. … May 4, 2017
Monitoring patient safety in primary care: an exploratory study using in-depth … January 7, 2015
A review of patient safety measures based on routinely collected hospital … May 10, 2023
Patient Safety in Ambulance Services: A Scoping Review.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/structured-approach-ehr-surveillance-diagnostic-error-acute-care-exploratory-analysis-two
October 16, 2024 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Adverse diagnostic events in hospitalised patients … October 20, 2021
Patient-clinician diagnostic concordance upon hospital admission. … March 24, 2021
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An electronic health record–based real-time analytics program for patient … safety surveillance and improvement.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unscheduled-radiologic-examination-orders-electronic-health-record-novel-resource-targeting
March 30, 2022 - safety event investigation and analysis. … March 30, 2022
Classifying safety events related to diagnostic imaging from a safety … record with wrong-patient order entry errors. … June 21, 2016
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