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August 10, 2019 - Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients. … The nature of adverse events in hospitalized patients. … Improving patient safety by identifying side effects from introducing bar coding in medication administration … July 13, 2016
Profiles in patient safety: medication errors in the emergency department … April 6, 2011
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August 14, 2017 - safety initiative. … National Patient Safety Goals for 2006 and 2005. … Available at: http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/patient+safety/npsg.htm . … OSF Healthcare’s journey in patient safety. … Effectiveness of a pharmacist-acquired medication history in promoting patient safety.
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February 10, 2021 - and repeat lab testing to confirm these findings before acting upon them. 14 Approaches to Improving Safety … and Patient Safety Target With unexpected, abnormal, or incongruent clinical findings, the significance … EHR systems should incorporate easily seen indicators and notifications when hemolysis is detected. … when a QT-prolonging medication has been ordered for the patient. 17,18 Improving safety of hyperkalemia … Barnes, MD, FACEP Consulting Editor, AHRQ’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet) Health Sciences Clinical Professor
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July 29, 2020 - When serious adverse events such as death are reported, they are typically associated with poor patient … safety. … safety imperative. … Related Resources
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Improving Diagnostic Safety … adverse events, adverse drug events, and quality of life in older patients: an observational study.
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March 01, 2008 - Creation of a Medical Procedure Service to Improve
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March 1, 2008
Smith CC, CHuang G … Creation of a Medical Procedure Service to Improve Patient Safety. PSNet [internet].
2008. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/creation-medical-procedure-service-improve-patient-safety
Perspective … Configuration
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/creation-medical-procedure-service-improve-patient-safety … In addition to enhancing education and patient safety, the direct
supervision and assessment provided
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The impact of prescribing safety … Related Resources
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March 29, 2023 … February 6, 2019
Pediatric medication safety in adult community hospital settings: a
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December 01, 2010 - A medication safety goal
should be the preparation of patient-specific doses for all patients: infants … An approach to minimize both labor and drug cost and maximize patient safety can be adopted. … These costs must be balanced by
the associated improvements in patient safety. … Patient dose individualization is a safe and effective method for delivering medications to patients. … Patient Safety. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Web site.
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June 24, 2020 - safety.( 2 ) Pharmacology of Warfarin First, warfarin acts by inhibiting the action of vitamin … Clinical Rules for Initial Dosing of Warfarin Among hospitalized patients, particularly elderly patients … WARFDOCs was developed as part of an AHRQ-funded patient-safety project. … November 16, 2022
How valid is the ICD-9-CM based AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator … as well as patients.
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December 16, 2020 - April 14, 2011
Multiple component patient safety intervention in English hospitals: controlled … February 23, 2011
Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: focusing … February 26, 2014
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December 09, 2020 - safety culture? … July 14, 2021
Clinical efficacy of combined surgical patient safety system and the World … April 12, 2019
Development of patient safety measures to identify inappropriate diagnosis … residents based on experiential knowledge related to patient safety culture at the nursing home front … of patients in intensive care units.
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March 01, 2014 - February 14, 2017
Speaking up about traditional and professionalism-related patient safety … July 10, 2019
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October 30, 2024 - A
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https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety … Proactively ensuring
environmental safety for patients who are not able to call for assistance would … Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety
strategy: a systematic review. … The Joint Commission. 2024 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals. Accessed July 5, 2024.
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August 30, 2023 - Safety
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Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses … patient safety risks such as misdiagnosis. … patient safety risks such as misdiagnosis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/magnet-support-patient-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ten-years-after-keeping-patients-safe-have-nurses-work-environments-been-transformed … Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses.
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June 23, 2021 - Patient Saf Surg. 2021;15(1):14.
doi:10.1186/s13037-021-00287-5. … sentinel-event-statistics-1995-2019
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-we-missing-near-misses-or-underreporting-safety-incidents-pediatric-surgery
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December 07, 2022 - performance of two validated tools (Safer Dx
and the DEER taxonomy) to identify diagnostic errors among patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/application-electronic-trigger-tools-identify-targets-improving-diagnostic-safety
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July 06, 2022 - multilevel-factors-associated-time-biopsy-after-abnormal-screening-
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Delays in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment can threaten patient … safety.
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February 12, 2020 - Results indicate that checking patient allergies and medication doses, especially for
intravenous and … transdermal medications, should be a focus of efforts to increase medication
administration safety.
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April 24, 2024 - Bourgeois, OD, MD
Consulting Editor, AHRQ, Patient Safety Network (PSNet)
Vice Chair, Hospital Service … Are verbal orders a threat to patient safety?. Qual Saf Health Care.
2009;18(3):165-168. … department patients with acute agitation. … doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxab325
https://www.ashp.org/-/media/assets/pharmacy-practice/resource-centers/patient-safety … /patient-safety-practice-resource-for-automated-dispensing-cabinet-overrides.ashx
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January 01, 2021 - called the hospital’s
patient safety officer
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• The armband serves as a reminder for the patient care nurses to
remove the packing or … Safety (6)
• At each handoff and as care progresses, nurses can remind the
patient why the armband … safety.
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October 06, 2021 - project, and her team at the National Birth Equity Collaborative, is a difference between frameworks and indicators … By integrating these frameworks, we can optimally support equity and safety in patient care. … and family needs; strengthening of services for patients with limited English proficiency; patient-centered … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/maternal-safety
Patient Safety Bundles. … safety, quality improvement, and implementation of a patient safety bundle.