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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/novel-study-situational-awareness-among-out-hospital-providers-during-online-clinical
June 08, 2022 - September 16, 2020
Adverse events among emergency department patients with cardiovascular … November 4, 2020
Room of hazards: a comparison of differences in safety hazard recognition … October 19, 2022
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Adverse safety events … October 7, 2020
Applying principles from aviation safety investigations to root cause … July 24, 2019
Simulation as a tool to improve the safety of pre-hospital anaesthesia—a
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September 21, 2022 - harm, additional anxiety, and frustration for both patients and care providers. … Heher, MD, MPH Director, Quality & Patient Safety Department of Pathology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical … Errors in laboratory medicine: practical lessons to improve patient safety. … Patient Safety Solutions. [Available at] 6. … Pathology and patient safety: the critical role of pathology informatics in error reduction and quality
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September 01, 2015 - emergency department (ED) visits, comprising more
than 11% of all visits in 2008.(1) In 2011, 54% of patients … Patients may actually present with right upper quadrant pain. … with abdominal pain without introducing any negative effect on safety. … Consultation with an obstetric specialist should be strongly considered in patients with abdominal
pain … The effects of safety checklists in medicine: a
systematic review.
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September 08, 2021 - and pharmacists reviewing relevant clinical electronic health record (EHR) data for all hospitalized patients … April 6, 2022
Patient safety, resident well-being and continuity of care with different … June 27, 2018
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April 26, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations … April 7, 2022
Patient Safety Innovations
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April 01, 2019 - Identify critical safety points to consider during initial decision-making about incorporation of remote … units, in addition
to providing care to their own critically ill patients. … (Consideration of the patient safety
issues related to frequency of patient assessment in the hospital … Critical Safety Points to Consider When Deciding Whether to Incorporate Remote Telemetry
Monitoring. … Education, Quality, and
Safety Measures
What are predefined patient safety and quality outcomes?
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December 14, 2022 - December 21, 2022
Correlation between the number of patient-reported adverse events, … adverse drug events, and quality of life in older patients: an observational study. … February 21, 2024
Safety enhancements every hospital must consider in wake of another … for our smallest patients. … January 26, 2011
Toward learning from patient safety reporting systems.
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August 10, 2019 - This process is endorsed by the widely adopted United Kingdom national safety initiative titled "Stop … Take-Home Points Wrong-site errors are considered never events and represent a core patient safety … safety. … Safety Primers
Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery
December … January 17, 2019
Evaluation of a patient safety programme on Surgical Safety Checklist
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-practitioner-estimates-probability-diagnosis-and-after-testing
May 05, 2021 - September 15, 2021
Understanding the "Swiss cheese model" and its application to patient … safety. … July 21, 2021
Failure to engage hospitalized elderly patients and their families in advance … and ethnic discrepancy in pulse oximetry and delayed identification of treatment eligibility among patients … A qualitative study of emotions, triggers, regulation strategies, and effects on patient care.
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April 05, 2013 - The authors estimate that the decrease in CLABSI rates alone not only enhanced patient safety but also … January 19, 2022
Linking patient safety climate with missed nursing care in labor and … May 20, 2020
For children admitted to hospital, what interventions improve medication safety … March 1, 2023
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Health Care Executives and Administrators
Safety
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March 16, 2022 - breast cancer and the resulting overtreatment can cause physical, emotional, and financial harm to patients … December 2, 2020
Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety … medication administration, and closed-loop electronic medication management systems on work processes and safety … April 21, 2021
How to scale up quality and safety program with the home care accreditation … June 23, 2021
Time-ordered comorbidity correlations identify patients at risk of mis-
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February 15, 2012 - Effects of two commercial electronic prescribing systems on prescribing error rates in hospital in-patients … March 23, 2011
Disentangling quality and safety indicator data: a longitudinal, comparative … November 2, 2018
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Hospital safety: your … June 18, 2013
High-profile investigations into hospital safety problems in England did … not prompt patients to switch providers.
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June 28, 2010 - This study discovered that chart review activities and participation in patient care rounds were associated … July 13, 2016
Accuracy of a chatbot in answering questions that patients should ask before … Administration Blur
June 24, 2020
Medication histories in critically ill patients … September 6, 2016
Developing a medication patient safety program, part 2: process and … May 11, 2014
Improving medication safety in the ICU: the pharmacist's role.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/harvey-cushings-open-and-thorough-documentation-surgical-mishaps-dawn-neurologic-surgery
November 16, 2022 - March 3, 2011
A coproduced family reporting intervention to improve safety surveillance … January 15, 2020
Comparing NICU teamwork and safety climate across two commonly used … View More
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Association of overlapping surgery with patient … resident participation on morbidity and mortality in neurosurgical procedures: an analysis of 16,098 patients … May 20, 2009
Resident duty hour regulation and patient safety: establishing a balance
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October 27, 2010 - June 24, 2009
Effect of patient- and medication-related factors on inpatient medication … June 26, 2019
Lessons learned implementing a complex and innovative patient safety learning … February 14, 2017
Program director perceptions of surgical resident training and patient … October 7, 2009
Resident duty hours in surgery for ensuring patient safety, providing … to the Report of the Institute of Medicine, "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49725/psn-pdf
January 01, 2015 - In surgical
patients, PA catheter data often can reveal unfavorable developments that need treatment … Preoperative
PA catheter data can be helpful in determining whether it is safe for high-risk patients … The fundamental patient safety teaching point of this case concerns why the PA catheter balloon was … Checklist from the World Health Organization (10), an on-going project chaired by patient safety
authority … World Alliance for Patient Safety. WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and Implementation Manual.
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August 26, 2020 - with multiple chronic comorbidities
List at least two safety-related disadvantages of starting complex … Approach to Improving Safety & Patient Safety Target
The most obvious management failure in this case … , there is a subconscious assumption that all patients will do
so. … #18
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https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/modified-early-warning-system-improves-patient-safety-and-clinical-outcomes-academic … Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Newsletter. 2019;33(3). https://www.apsf.org/article/on-reducing-fixation-errors
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February 14, 2011 - Pharmacist involvement in inpatient care is a proven strategy to improve safety, and a pharmacist-led … communication of medication changes to outpatient physicians, and post-
discharge telephone follow-up with patients … medication-reconciliation
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comprehensive-pharmacist-intervention-reduce-morbidity-patients
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November 03, 2021 - Causes of MNC include overcrowding and patients with complex care needs, which may result in medication … June 19, 2024
Compelled disclosure of confidential information in patient safety research … April 21, 2021
Non-conveyance of older adult patients and association with subsequent … January 26, 2022
Interventions to support nurses as second victims of patient safety … January 24, 2024
Voices from frontline nurses on care quality and patient safety during
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October 19, 2022 - This prospective study found no additional risk of complications or mortality in cardiac surgery patients … This finding contradicts the results of an earlier study in general surgery patients. … Safety in the Emergency Care Setting. … April 24, 2018
Prevalence and causes of diagnostic errors in hospitalized patients under … View More
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Surgeons and systems working together to drive safety
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September 05, 2012 - This commentary recommends that health care systems utilize risk stratification to ensure patients are … appropriately screened and tested for cervical cancer and other diseases as a way to enhance safety … safety. … December 30, 2014
Outside case review of surgical pathology for referred patients: the … impact on patient care.